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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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I.O.O.F. Band

Date: 11 03 1930
Description: Group portrait of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) band in uniform, taken in Odd Fellows Hall.
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Football Player

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Central High School football player outdoors on a field.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Two Central High School football players in uniform posing on the field.
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International Armored Truck

Date: 1933
Description: International armored truck built for Brinks Express Company parked in front of a building with armed guards. Two of the guards are holding firearms. A man...
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Wisconsin General Nurses Entering Military Service

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Fifteen nurses from Wisconsin General Hospital, who are entering military service, standing in front of a plaque reading: "1920-1924 A memorial to those wh...
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International Model S-26 1927 Truck with Fire Hoses

Date: 11 10 1927
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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Madison City Track Meet

Date: 05 07 1954
Description: Participants line up for the 880-yard run at the city track meet held at Madison East High School athletic field.
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National Civil Defense Week

Date: 08 26 1956
Description: Shown in this simulation of the scene of a catastrophe is one of nine mobile medical teams which Madison can furnish to the State Civil Defense Mobile Medi...
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St. Mary's School of Nursing Class

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Fifty-two students at St. Mary's School of Nursing who received their nurses' caps in a ceremony at St. James Catholic Church.
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Baseball Players Drinking from Large Bottles

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four men wearing baseball uniforms standing and drinking from large bottles. A woman is in the distance standing and holding an u...
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Security at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: An African-American police officer in the foreground is talking on a phone or walkie-talkie while he is surveying the line of men and women waiting to ent...
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Handling a Fire Hose

Date: 08 1940
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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Free Camel Rides

Date: 1967
Description: Men wearing red fez hats and khaki shirts and pants (the Zor Camel Patrol) are helping a boy get on a camel for a ride around Vilas Park.
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Camel Ride

Date: 1967
Description: Men of the Zor Camel Patrol in Vilas Park are holding the reins of a camel as a boy and girl are sitting on the camel for a ride. A line of people are stan...
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L'Entrée des Troupes Américaines a Luxembourg

Date: 11 21 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of American troops marching into Luxembourg. Several spectators are standing on the street on the left.
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Fire Fighters Loading Stretcher into Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two fire fighters are loading a man in a stretcher into an ambulance near the side of a brick building. A man on the right, wearing a coat and hat, is look...
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Girl Scout Camp

Date: 09 12 1938
Description: Four large canvas tents form a semicircle in an open wooded area near a lake. Girls Scouts, some in uniforms and other in casual summer attire, are posing ...
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Fall River Cornet Band

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band posing on the lawn. There is a buildings with a porch in the background. The men are wearing uniforms and holding their mu...
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First Wounded in Berlin

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, at a coffee break outdoors.

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