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Ambulance Personnel Loading Person into International Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: City of Chicago ambulance personnel are loading a person involved in an accident into an International ambulance as a small group of people are looking on....
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Donald Krueger in Burned Motorboat

Date: 07 20 1934
Description: Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w...
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Wilbur Emery Wins Hero Medal

Date: 11 22 1932
Description: Wilbur Emery, 11, wins hero medal for saving Evelyn Schulz, 9, from drowning at second ward beach on Lake Mendota. Emery would later serve as Chief of the ...
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi...
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Accident at East Side Festival

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Photograph of Lois Bailey, who was thrown from the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, suffering injuries to her face and head.
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Automobile Crossing Flooded Road

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Description: An automobile is attempting to cross a flooded street as onlookers are watching.
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total...
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Pedestrians on Street Near Fire

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Description: A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a...
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View of Town With Flood Damage

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Description: Elevated view of Black River Falls after the flood of 1911. Several men and youth are visible in the foreground, in addition to the new dam construction.
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Boy with Rescuer

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Charles Hargrove, age 12, sitting at the bedside of Robert Byrnes, age 9, after Charles pulled Robert from Murphy Creek on Madison's south side. The boys h...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, phone calls are made to the crews of Explorer Post 503. Phoning are Gene Tschida (left), Exp...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, Explorer Scouts David Ahlgren (left) and Richard Klatt rehearse delivering food, medical sup...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, three Explorer Scouts practice first aid techniques on a "disaster victim" lying on a stretc...
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National Civil Defense Week

Date: 08 27 1956
Description: Richard Bosold, a member of the Boy Scout Troop 16 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic school, delivers one of the civil defense posters to Robert Schmitz, gener...
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Maple Bluff Fire

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of five youth who sounded a fire alarm when a fire broke out at the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Street in Maple Bluff. Left to ri...
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Ruins of Cyclone

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: The aftermath of a killer tornado, including an arrow and caption that reads: "William Berg Killed Here." In the background near the farmhouse are a group ...
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Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...
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Madison Explorer Scouts Do Well on Search Test

Date: 02 25 1961
Description: Four Explorer Scouts test a "walkie talkie" and sign in for "emergency duty" in a search test. Left to right: Larry Peterson, Sterling Miller, Dick Sulliva...
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Madison Explorer Scouts Do Well in Search Test

Date: 02 25 1961
Description: Madison Explorer Scouts climbing aboard an Air Force truck for a weekend of emergency duty training near Devils Lake. The staged search for Truax Field air...

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