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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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Man on Relief Tractor

Date: 04 01 1925
Description: A man using a McCormick-Deering relief tractor to work in a field affected by the "tri-state tornado." The tractor appears to be a 10-20.
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Man in Tornado-Damaged Area

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: A man sitting on a McCormick-Deering tractor in a field. Buildings damaged by the "tri-state tornado" are in the background. The tractor appears to be a 1...
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Disaster Command Post at the Capitol

Date: 04 23 1965
Description: Governor Warren Knowles' Command Post, located in the Capitol, was called into action after tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin. It serves as the disaster ...

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