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International Harvester Scout Fire Truck

Date: 10 15 1964
Description: International Harvester Scout fire truck. Original caption reads: "Photograph MW-441-- A fire-fighting adaptation of the Scout by International has been pl...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Members of Diane Schmitt's Sun Prairie school's third grade are greeted by Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Blaschka during a tour of the fire station. ...
Photograph

John Kryder

Date: 1948
Description: Two men sit in an old vehicle. Caption reads: "Juda, Wis. 1947-9. John Kryder, an old member of the local fire department."
Photograph

Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Oregon firemen and neighbors are shown trying to salvage shoes that were part of the ...
Photograph

Eldon Fremming, Deputy Fire Marshall

Date: 04 23 1959
Description: Portrait of Eldon Fremming, Wausau, recently sworn in as the new state deputy fire marshall.
Photograph

Madison Apartment Fire

Date: 02 19 1959
Description: Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street.
Photograph

Madison Fireman and Boy Scout Leaderstein

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Portrait of Wayne "Warpy" Austin. He has been a Madison fireman for 26 years, presently assigned to the No. 5 Company at Division Street and Atwood Avenue....
Postcard

Central Fire Station

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to...
Photograph

Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Young children inspect the hole where Patricia Ann Palmer's (2) leg was caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Rescue workers cut the hole in the...
Book or Pamphlet

International Fire Truck Chassis Brochure

Date: 1959
Description: Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International B-line, R-line, V-line and CO-line fire truck chassis.
Book or Pamphlet

International Heavy-Duty-Engineered Fire Truck Chassis Brochure

Date: 1962
Description: Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International Fire Truck Chassis Models.
Postcard

Firefighters

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of firefighters walking down a tent-lined street in downtown Lake Mills. A banner reads: "Wellcome Firefighters."
Photograph

Fire Chief John Lahm

Date: 01 02 1934
Description: Fire Chief John Lahm standing in front of a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webster Street.
Photograph

Fire Department

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: View towards a group of people loading a person onto a stretcher. An ambulance is parked nearby.
Photograph

Firefighters Posing with Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two firefighters are standing next to a fire department ambulance parked outside the open doorway of a Fire Department building. Another man is standing in...
Photograph

Fire Fighters Repairing Toys

Date: 11 17 1932
Description: Fire fighters repairing toys at the Central fire station, 18-20 South Webster Street. The three men on the left are Charles Tomcany, Clark B. Jenkins, and ...
Photograph

Horse & Wagon in front of Strand Theater

Date: 12 27 1930
Description: View across street towards an advertisement for the movie "Third Alarm" on the side of a fire wagon with two fire fighters being pulled by horses in front ...
Photograph

Emergency Personnel with International Ambulance and Fire Truck

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Group portrait of emergency ambulance personnel and fire fighters posing with an International ambulance and a fire truck in front of a fire station. The h...
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Firemen Fighting Fire at Abandoned North Western Railway Ice House

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw...

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