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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 01 19 1931 |
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| Description: | View of Mrs. Piper standing in the garden of Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 E. Mifflin Street, after a snowstorm. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado. |
| Date: | 09 02 1948 |
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| Description: | A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'... |
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| Description: | A large wave is breaking against the side of the Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse. There is a ship on the left, in the distance beyond the jetty. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) at University of Wisconsin-Madison during a spring sleet storm. The trees in front of the building are coated in ice. A pedestr... |
| Date: | 10 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Workers repair an electrical pole that was partially blown over during a wind storm. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Regent Street and West... |
| Date: | 04 27 1950 |
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| Description: | View of damage to the breakwater behind the home of Dr. J.G. Frisch, 1653 Sherman Avenue, caused by high water and waves driven by strong winds. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Rear view of an automobile resting alongside a snow-filled Michigan Avenue during the winter. Other automobiles are parked near commercial buildings in the... |
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| Description: | The wreckage of buildings on the John Hedler farm after a tornado. An intact wooden barrel and part of a wooden fence stands in the center foreground. A la... |
| Date: | 07 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Strong winds brought down a large tree on the car of Mrs. Ralph Schroeder of rural Ft. Atkinson. Ralph Schroeder, age 3, and his mother narrowly escaped se... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | "Spectacular lightning lights up the sky on a summer evening." |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | "The Lomira Legion building is framed in the arch of the Highway 67 overhead." |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | "The tornado destroyed the Martin & Marcella Enderle home." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view along the Mississippi River shoreline after a storm. The water is high and there are damaged boats and debris scattered around. In the background me... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with snow-covered trees after a storm in Gooding Park. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A man walks through debris along a metal railing at Cottonwood Villa after an ice storm. The lake, with houses and trees along the shoreline are in the bac... |
| Date: | 2012 |
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| Description: | Beth, a neighbor of the photographer, smoking during a snowstorm on 7th Street. She is wearing a brown sweater with a shawl collar, an unzipped red coat, a... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards several buildings on the 100 block. On the far left next to Dyers Shoes is Collector's Shop Stamps and Coins. The next bui... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A tree is lying against a house at 3534 East Washington Avenue. The workers who cut the tree down said it had been weakened by high winds the day before. |
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