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| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Rubble and destruction in Brest, France. A few trees and a sign are still standing. Bombed-out buildings are in the background. Robert Doyle's caption read... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle views the destruction on a street in Brest, France. On the left is a damaged military truck with three soldiers standing. Behind Doyle are two... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers in the lower left look at a map. Behind them is what remains of the Brest Post Office. Just under the decorative stone cornice at the top is t... |
| Date: | 09 25 1960 |
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| Description: | Neighbors help clean up the rubble at the site of Kellor's store and garage on Highway 14 (Oregon Road) in the Lakeview district 8 miles south of Madison. ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | Carroll Kellor, right, talks to Oregon Fire Chief Norman Champion after escaping from the rubble of his explosion-wrecked store on Highway 14 (Oregon Road)... |
| Date: | 07 24 1912 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the dynamiting of the bridge over the Pigeon River during the flood. Caption reads: "Dynamiting the Bridge, Flood of July 24, 1912... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | German aerial bombardment of Antwerp through the use of zeppelin airships. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Results of a direct hit from a German 180mm artillery shell in Antwerp. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Soldiers repairing a bridge near Merxen, Belgium. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Destroyed bridge near Merxen, Belgium. |
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| Description: | The results of shelling are obvious, with the entire side of the building destroyed, and a view into what used to be the living room and bedrooms of a home... |
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| Description: | Bombardment of the harbor of Novo Rossijsk (Novorossisk) by the light cruiser "S.M.S. Breslau, now the "Midilli." The white smoke in the center is from an ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of man driving TD-9. Subject: "TD-9 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Brod., Houston, T... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-9 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-9 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ... |
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