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Ladder Wagon Racing to Fire
1895
A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets.
Fire Company Wagon
1902
Madison fire fighters with a hose wagon near the intersection of Webster Street and East Washington Avenue.
Madison Fire Department, Rogers Company
1902
Madison fire fighters with W.H. Rogers Company horse-drawn wagon in front of the old Central Fire Station, 10 South Webster Street.
W.A. Oppel Grocery
1896
Grocers standing in front of the W.A. Oppel Grocery located at 116 East Main Street. The five men are standing on the sidewalk among bine and crates displaying vegetables and fruit. The sign above ...
Camp 20
1900
Portrait of two men sitting in a room lined with bookshelves. There is a banjo leaning in the corner next to a window.
Northern Hospital for the Insane's Fire Fighting Department
1893
Group portrait of the Northern Hospital for the Insane's institutional fire fighting department posed outside the building. Horse-drawn transport cart and hose equipment and the departmental dog ar...
