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| Description: | Fireman playing cribbage in a quiet moment at the Dayton and Randall Streets Fire Station Number 4 with spittoon in the foreground. |
| Date: | 01 22 1946 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters taking five different driving safety tests administered by Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Safety Department employees in Fire Station #1, 18 South W... |
| Date: | 11 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters repairing toys at the Central fire station, 18-20 South Webster Street. The three men on the left are Charles Tomcany, Clark B. Jenkins, and ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Madison Fire Department, consisting of 17 individual oval portraits and the station on Webster Street. |
| Date: | 04 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Handing over bundles of clothing collected for the United National Clothing Drive are three Chinese children, Judy, Betty and Billy Lee, children of Mr. an... |
| Date: | 01 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters at Fire Station No. 4 working to convert the old hayloft at the station into a utility room. From left are fire fighters Fred Rice, Maurice N... |
| Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Retirement party for Stanley Oldham at the No. 7 fire station, 2410 Monroe Street. Standing, left to right, are: firemen William Ferger, Thomas Barry, Marv... |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills fire chief Chris Bertelsen receives the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service. The sign on the wall abov... |
| Date: | 05 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ... |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Six firefighters are shown at First Assistant Fire Chief Leonard Sime's retirement party inside the Central Fire Station, 18 South Webster Street. Lieutena... |
| Date: | 06 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Firemen at Fire Station No. 7, 2410 Monroe Street, honor Howard Holzwarth upon his retirement from the fire department after 26 years. A fire truck is in ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1958 |
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| Description: | At every Madison fire station, a man takes over in the kitchen and has the title of cook. Pictured is Phil Behrend, the cook at the Central Fire Station. |
| Date: | 03 09 1965 |
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| Description: | Dispatcher Sgt. L.E. Odegaard sitting at a switchboard surrounded by newly installed dispatching equipment. Odegaard is on the second floor of No. 3 statio... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Captain Arne Lewick doubles as the fire station mechanic. Smoking a pipe, he is working at a lathe. |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Lt. Henry Anderson (left) and Capt. Erwin Beale (right) waiting for details as Fireman O.E. Vallem is receiving a phone report from East Side firemen. Vall... |
| Date: | 11 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of Diane Schmitt's Sun Prairie school's third grade are greeted by Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Blaschka during a tour of the fire station. ... |
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