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| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed. |
| Date: | 05 14 1886 |
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| Description: | Printed announcement of the opening of the Madison Fire Department. At the top, in a circular frame, is a fire fighter driving a horse-drawn fire engine. B... |
| Date: | 11 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of motorized fire trucks, horse-drawn fire trucks, automobiles and water wagons gathered on East Washington Avenue. All the vehicles are acco... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com... |
| Date: | 10 05 1965 |
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| Description: | Ann Peterson, 9, of 2111 Clyde Gallagher Dr., proudly dons the loudspeaker-equipped fire helmet she won after visiting No. 3 fire station, 1217 Williamson ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Model F 1919 fire truck parked along curb. Painted on the side: "No. 1," and "Baldwin Vol. Fire Co." |
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| Description: | View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from across street towards fire engines parked in front of Haack's Bicycles at 1250 East Washington Avenue. Firefighters are on the roof. The... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Left side view of a fire truck. Signs on the front reads: "C.A.F. Camp Border." Along the running board is a sign that reads: "Bickle." |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two men in a fire truck. Signs on the front read: "Chatham Fire Dept." |
| Date: | 04 20 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a Model SD 1926 fire truck parked along the curb in front of a large building. A sign on the building reads in part: "_RUCK" and... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A family looking at an exhibit at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum. The exhibit contains motorized and horse-drawn fire engines, as well as fire pumps. |
| Date: | 12 15 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire truck parked along a curb. The sign painted on the side reads: "Bower HIll Vol. Fire Dept." |
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| Description: | View down street towards a crowd of people, sitting or standing on the side of the street, or on top of the buildings, watching a parade. A firetruck from ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fire trucks parked in rows at a fairgrounds, with a crowd of people walking between them. In the background is a large tent advertising co... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd walking among fire trucks parked in rows at an outdoor fairgrounds. |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a fire department officers cap, with a white shirt, red skirt, and tall white boots is posing standing on a fire truck, holding onto one of... |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front right of a Model 54-C 1927 fire truck parked outdoors on a street. |
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