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Fire Fighter at Work

Date: 1934
Description: Fire chief at work. He is also a student earning his way through the University of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Journal Building Fire

Date: 11 19 1947
Description: Elevated view of three fire trucks at a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 South Carroll Street. Other buildings on the street, looking ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Building Fire

Date: 11 19 1947
Description: Fire truck at the corner of S. Carroll and W. Doty Streets putting out a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 S. Carroll Street. Other buil...
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Kilbourn Fire Department

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Description: Members of the Kilbourn Fire Department posing in uniform with a fire truck in front of the fire station on Oak Street.
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr...
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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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Fire Truck on Country Road

Date: 1918
Description: Four men dressed in fire fighting gear driving a fire truck on State Highway 47 near Appleton. The Wisconsin Highway Commission which published this photo...
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Handling a Fire Hose

Date: 08 1940
Description: Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W...
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Fire Fighters Taking Driving Safety Tests

Date: 01 22 1946
Description: Fire fighters taking five different driving safety tests administered by Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Safety Department employees in Fire Station #1, 18 South W...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
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...
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Well Jetting Equipment

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Description: Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires.
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Sauk City Fire Company

Date: 02 1962
Description: Albert Derleth, chief of the Sauk City Fire Department, and the department's fleet of equipment.
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Paul Trauba

Date: 1973
Description: "Paul 'Skip' Trauba."
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Firemen are carrying a hose up an extension ladder during a fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Fire Truck Initiation

Date: 06 1996
Description: "Theresa Firemen."
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Shorewood Fire Fighters

Date: 1930
Description: Members of Shorewood Fire Fighters standing in front of fire engine posing outdoors near a lake.
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Shorewood July 4th Fire Dept competition

Date: 07 04 1950
Description: Firemen add a little horseplay to their water fight competition.
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Windsor Fire

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: DeForest Fire Chief W.E. Dahl inspecting the engine of the 1932 fire truck, which malfunctioned two blocks from the fire at the lumber and appliance buildi...
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Montreal Fireman's Association

Date: 1935
Description: View of sixteen men members of the Montreal Fireman's Association, most wearing uniforms and hats, next to an early fire truck.
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Fire Fighting Crew

Date: 08 10 1936
Description: Five men, who are members of a fire fighting crew, pose in front of their truck at the Park Falls Ranger Station.

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