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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
Description: A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a...
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1868
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...
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Men Gathered Around International Model H 1917 Fire Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A group of distinguished men in hats, coats and suits are standing around an International Model H 1917 fire truck.
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Fire at Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 03 02 1950
Description: State Journal photographer Arthur M. Vinje, camera in hand, arrives at the scene of the fire at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street, to take ...
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Hook and Ladder Competition

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: A group of men, possibly fire fighters, appear poised to take part in a hook and ladder competition. A Red Baby truck and other vehicles are parked nearby....
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Montreal Fireman's Association

Date: 1935
Description: View of sixteen men members of the Montreal Fireman's Association, most wearing uniforms and hats, next to an early fire truck.
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Chief Clancy in an Open Car

Date: 1915
Description: Chief Thomas A. Clancy of the Milwaukee, Wis. Fire Department, with others, posed in an open touring car, as though for a parade.
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
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Fire Fighters Carrying Stretcher into Home

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two fire fighters are carrying a stretcher from an ambulance into a home. A man wearing a coat, suit and hat is standing in the open door.

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