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John L. Lewis in Miner's Hat

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Description: John L. Lewis, in miner's hat, after West Frankfort, Illinois, mine disaster.
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Mechanic Punches Time Clock at Service Station

Date: 02 15 1929
Description: Mechanic punching a ticket at a time clock for a service job at one of International Harvester's motor truck branch service stations. A poster warning of t...
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Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron."
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works Advertisement

Date: 1883
Description: Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f...
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Men Standing Posing on Flooded Rail Line

Date: 1919
Description: Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b...
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CUNA Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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C.U.N.A. Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 E. Gilman Street.
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Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ...
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Barber at Bombed Barbershop

Date: 11 09 1932
Description: Barber, Roland Thistle at his bombed barbershop, 707 University Avenue.
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The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and Flooded Road

Date: 05 30 1908
Description: The Great Wallace Shows, horses and wagons, were flooded out by a sudden cloudburst.
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Haymarket Square Riot

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the backgro...
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Well Jetting Equipment

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Description: Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires.
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Temporary Hoisting Apparatus

Date: 11 18 1909
Description: Miners building a temporary hoisting apparatus after the November 13, 1909, disaster at Cherry mine in Illinois where 400 men were entombed.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage in Truax Field area. Albert Anderson is shown holding the wire of a fence that held him during the storm. Oscar and Elmer Anderson, Albert's...
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Accident at East Side Festival

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: John J. Walsh, Madison attorney-at-law, standing next to the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, the scene of an accident in which a teena...
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Men Repairing Street

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Description: Men filling in Main Street after the 1911 flood. Forms are probably for the basement of the Cozy Corner Tavern.
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Farm Hazard: Chopping Wood

Date: 1926
Description: A man demonstrates the farm hazard of chopping wood.
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Flooded Building Under Construction

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: Man standing in flood water at the building under construction for Forsberg Paper Box Company, 2107 Fordem Avenue.

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