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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Madison City Water Works pumping station at the intersection of Gorham and Livingston which provided pressure to the city's mains. A group of people st... |
| Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown. |
| 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: | 11 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Several men are sitting and standing around an International Model S-26 1927 truck with pump(?) while other men are operating fire hoses shooting water up ... |
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| Description: | Uniformed men of Hose Company #2 fire station line up with a wagon and fire extinguishing equipment in front of the brick building. |
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| Description: | Several uniformed fire fighters stand outside the Dougan Hills Fire Department in a driveway near two fire engines. The two-story fire station is covered ... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches as a stream of water is trained on the south wing of the burning third Wisconsin State Capitol. The Centennial Fountain, with a winter cove... |
| Date: | 05 1984 |
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| Description: | "MPTI instructors from Fond du Lac instructed over 200 firemen from 16 fire departments in the techniques of rappelling and snuffing out fires at Theresa F... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards a two-story building, with three men posing standing on the walkway. Identified as Moe Hardware, built in 1912 on the nort... |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W... |
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| Description: | One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting a forest fire. Two of the men have shovels; the third is directing a stream of water from a... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man using a TD-18A to cover up a fire. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MtS." Information with photograph reads: "This ... |
| Date: | 02 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street. |
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