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| Date: | 04 23 1965 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren Knowles' Command Post, located in the Capitol, was called into action after tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin. It serves as the disaster ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| 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: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with snow-covered trees after a storm in Gooding Park. |
| Date: | 07 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Gerual Simonsen's barn, on the edge of Cambridge, destroyed by a wind storm. |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Automobiles are traveling through a winter storm on snow-covered roads. |
| Date: | 10 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Wind storm damage on Commonwealth Avenue at Keyes Avenue. A large limb fell on a new model car. |
| 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: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Farmers head for the barn with a load of hay bales as a storm looms overhead. A hay baler is hitched between the tractor and the wagon. Farm buildings are ... |
| 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 tornado destroyed the Martin & Marcella Enderle home." |
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| Description: | A dust storm is rising up across a field. A center pivot irrigation system is on the right in the distance beyond power poles. |
| Date: | 06 19 1958 |
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| Description: | View over water towards storm damage in Cornucopia Harbor. West slip. There is a pile of wood along the shoreline in the foreground, with a boat moored jus... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A path in Brown Deer Park after a snow storm. Fresh snow is covering the ground and trees. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A skydiver is parachuting to the ground while the sun is shining from behind threatening storm clouds. |
| Date: | 09 1984 |
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| Description: | "Rain and hail, with sun suddenly breaking through the overcast, were the right conditions for an unusual photograph." |
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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: | 08 03 1960 |
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| Description: | Tree damage caused by a squall line wind and rain storm that lashed the Madison area about 8:30 am on Wednesday, Aug. 3rd. |
| 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. |
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