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| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Lodi School was a three-story brick Romanesque building with a small cupola, built in 1868. It burned on March 28, 1878. It was rebuilt by December 1878, b... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men are standing near a damaged section of the mill. Sixteen men were killed by the explo... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. A man is standing to the left of a large damaged metal section of the mill which is resti... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across Park Street of Science Hall building after the fire of December 1, 1884, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building's exterior... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View from Bascom Hill towards the west facade of the original Science Hall building (1876-1884) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the fir... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the aftermath of a fire, with several buildings surrounding the cleared area. Identified as Fairchild in Eau Claire County and the remains... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing near two buildings which burned in 1893. In the center background is Edgewood Villa, a home purchased by Governor C.C. (Cadwallade... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with lumber standing in front of the frame of building under construction facing Main Street. There is a worker... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing a man leaping from the burning Newhall House and being caught in a large canvas held taut by a group of men. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing two women attempting to escape the burning Newhall House by lowering themselves from a window using blankets tied t... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Engraving showing people attempting to locate loved ones among the bodies recovered from the Newhall House fire. |
| Date: | 04 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a fire at the Choate-Hollister Furniture Company. A crowd, mostly men, are gathered to watch the effort to extinguish the fire. On the left,... |
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