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Milwaukee Central Fire Station

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Description: View across street towards the Milwaukee Central Fire Station, with fire fighters posing in front of the building and around a fire engine.
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Aerial Fire Truck

Date: 01 02 1934
Description: Madison Fire Department's new gray $16,200 aerial fire truck is parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webster Street. Roy Hurling is dri...
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Madison's Old Central Fire Station, 1881-1904

Date: 1902
Description: Madison's old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster Street, with two ladder wagons pictured in front of the station. The wagon on the left is ...
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Madison's Old Central Fire Station & Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison's old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster Street, with Police Station on the left. Probably photographed at the turn of the century ...
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Ambulance Parked on Street

Date: 1925
Description: Sewickley Valley ambulance parked on a street outside a fire house or municipal building, with a fire truck parked near the garage door. The ambulance was ...
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Main Street

Date: 1959
Description: View of Main Street, lined with the fire department, city clerk's office, and Pugh's Battery - Electric Shop.
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Water Street in Eau Claire

Date: 1875
Description: Water street, before the fire of the 1880's, from the corner of Fifth avenue, looking east with storefronts and fire engine house.
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Iola Street

Date: 02 12 1970
Description: State Highway 51 in Iola, Wisconsin, primarily showing the Fire Department and its siren.
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International Fire Truck

Date: 07 09 1926
Description: An International Model S truck used as a fire truck and attached to a trailer holding a long, folded ladder sits parked outside Engine House No. 2. The sig...
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City Hall and Fire Department

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Description: A view of City Hall and the fire department. A horse-drawn fire engine with fire fighters and dogs standing in front of the entrance to the fire station ga...
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Lyric Theatre and Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Description: View from street of two people walking on the sidewalk near an automobile parked at the curb. They are heading toward a street corner outside the Lyric The...
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Standpipe & Fire Department

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Description: A tall standpipe, also known as a water tower, next to a fire department. Stables are at the street level and a bell is on the roof. Caption reads: "Stand ...
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East Mansfield Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of East Mansfield Street featuring the YMCA and fire station.
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Borough Hall

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Description: View of Borough Hall, the Farmingdale Fire Department.
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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View down middle of Main Street from the intersection at Deerfield Street. There are shops on both sides of the street. Two automobiles are coming down the...
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City Hall

Date: 1913
Description: View from across street of the Village Hall/Fire Station. There are hitching posts along the curb. On the right a young boy stands on the sidewalk near a f...
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Curb Painting

Date: 06 06 1965
Description: A city worker painting a curb yellow in a no parking zone. The location is West Dayton Street, looking towards North Randall Avenue. Fire Station #4 is in ...
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North Side Fire Station

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view from across the street of the new North Side Fire Station, Fire Station No. 1, at 412 N. 8th Street. The construction is two-story brick, ha...
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Waubeka Firehouse

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards the Waubeka firehouse at 401 Center Street. In a tower above the entrance is the Red Arrow siren, which has since been removed.
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New London Firetruck and Firefighters

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of the New London Fire Department posing around their fire engine. They are wearing firefighting gear, coats, boots, helmets and tools in th...

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