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Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Fireman Chris Andersen is operating the radio at Central Fire Headquarters, 18 South Webster Street, dispatching fire trucks from his office.
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First Official Dial Telephone Call in Madison

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Maple Bluff fire chief Lawrence Nielsen places the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service.
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Vernon Dahnert

Date: 03 1958
Description: Portrait of Vernon Dahnert sitting in a chair. He was the cook at Fire Station 8.
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Engine Room, Watertown

Date: 1911
Description: Two men are standing on either side of an engine in a room. Displays with dials are on the wall behind them. A small, round table with a teapot on it is in...
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Watching Escaped Monkeys

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tran...

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