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Fire Chief John Lahm
January 2, 1934
Fire Chief John Lahm standing in front of a fire truck parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webster Street.
Fire Company
1903
Group portrait of the Madison Fire Department, consisting of 17 individual oval portraits and the station on Webster Street.
Fire Chief Edward J. Page
September 13, 1944
Portrait of Edward J. Page, selected as new chief of Fire Department by the Police and Fire Commission. He is a fourteen year veteran of the Fire Department.
Children on Fire Truck
October 5, 1935
Three children and a fireman sitting on a fire truck.
The Conklin Fire
1915
Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames.
Fire Fighter at Work
1934
Fire chief at work. He is also a student earning his way through the University of Wisconsin.
