Photograph
Escaping by Means of Blankets
| Photograph of an engraved image showing two women attempting to escape the burning Newhall House by lowering themselves from a window using blankets tied together to form a rope. A man is holding the bottom of the blanket rope. Another man can be seen through smoke dangling from a windowsill in the background. |
| Image ID: | 128523 |
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| Creation Date: | 01 1883 |
| Creator Name: | Landis |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 6563 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 20, 1883. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Fires |
| Lifesaving |
| Men |
| Women |
| Hotels |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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