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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha... |
| Date: | 03 23 1929 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of emergency ambulance personnel and fire fighters posing with an International Model S-26 1926 ambulance on the left, and on the right a fi... |
| Date: | 02 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Group of Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary women on a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 S. Webster Street. On the far left i... |
| Date: | 12 27 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street towards an advertisement for the movie "Third Alarm" on the side of a fire wagon with two fire fighters being pulled by horses in front ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 04 25 1935 |
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| Description: | International Model C-40 1935 fire truck with floodlights. The truck was owned by the Memphis, Tennessee fire department. A man stands on top of the truck ... |
| Date: | 10 08 1923 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are sitting in an International Model S 1924 fire truck on a street. Another man is standing on the back of the truck. On the side of the... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A group of distinguished men in hats, coats and suits are standing around an International Model H 1917 fire truck. |
| Date: | 05 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen James Fraser and Philip Statz (left to right in the driver's seat) are demonstrating how the old wooden spoke-wheeled 1915 foam fire truck chugged ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Model F 1920 truck operated by N.F.D. (Norwalk Fire Department in Oregon(?)). Four men are in the truck: a driver, passenger, and two men sta... |
| Date: | 08 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Looking south on South Webster Street with the soon to be "retired" pumper fire truck and six fire fighters, parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 1... |
| Date: | 09 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Fire Chief Edward J. Page (right) and Lieut. Albert Rogg standing next to one of three new Madison fire truck at the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webs... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Three horse-drawn fire engines are in the street with steam rising from their tanks. Other fire vehicles are to the right. Many pedestrians are on the stre... |
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| Description: | A group of fire fighters standing in the street while two men are being raised on a moving ladder, which is attached to the back of a truck. Two other ladd... |
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| Description: | A fire fighter driving a horse-drawn fire engine is parked on the street. A group of people are looking up toward a building where a rope is coming down fr... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Boats used for fighting fires are docked near a walkway. On the left the walkway is full of men, some gathered near the boats and a fire hose stretched out... |
| Date: | 01 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Five fire fighters, Kendall Niebuhr, William J. Sullivan, John G. Randall, Chief Edward J. Page, and Gill S. Stone, pose with newly customized rescue truck... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon in front of several brick buildings, including the Capitol Publishing building, near the water tower. The man driving the wagon may... |
| Date: | 10 13 1938 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International Model D-30 1938 fire truck in front of the Tama fire station. There is a ladder attached to the side behind... |
| Date: | 04 05 1950 |
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| Description: | A reserve water tank truck with a 1,100 gallon capacity has been added to the town of Madison fire department to insure adequate water supply in fighting f... |
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