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| Date: | 03 09 1965 |
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| Description: | Dispatcher Sgt. L.E. Odegaard sitting at a switchboard surrounded by newly installed dispatching equipment. Odegaard is on the second floor of No. 3 statio... |
| Date: | 06 06 1965 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1918 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Red Cross nurses standing in front of the Hartford Fire Department building for Tag Day, which was a fundraising event. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of the Ephraim Fire House, which is a stone building with stone turrets and walls. Caption reads: "Fire House, E... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A group of fire fighters are posing on a horse-drawn hook and ladder firetruck parked at the entrance of the firehouse. Caption reads: "Hook and Ladder Cen... |
| Date: | 06 19 1936 |
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| Description: | One man is working on a ladder near the side door of a one and one half story, masonry block building with five garage bays. There are two men on the right... |
| Date: | 03 23 1929 |
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| Description: | Two firefighters are standing next to a fire department ambulance parked outside the open doorway of a Fire Department building. Another man is standing in... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Captain Arne Lewick doubles as the fire station mechanic. Smoking a pipe, he is working at a lathe. |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Lt. Henry Anderson (left) and Capt. Erwin Beale (right) waiting for details as Fireman O.E. Vallem is receiving a phone report from East Side firemen. Vall... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two views of Manitowoc: Exterior views of the "County Jail" at top, and at the bottom the "North Side Fire Station." Caption in the center reads: "Manitowo... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Sanborn fire map of Brodhead. Includes an inset at top right showing distances from P.O. |
| Date: | 11 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of Diane Schmitt's Sun Prairie school's third grade are greeted by Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Blaschka during a tour of the fire station. ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b... |
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