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| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | In this high angle shot, Ukrainians are setting fire to their own village as German soldiers arrive on motorcycles, some with sidecars, in a production sti... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Construction debris litters the ground around the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) as reconstruction of the capitol proceeds after the 190... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Men working on the reconstruction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) after the 1904 fire. |
| Date: | 10 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Deputy chief Ralph McGraw viewing a paint booth that was destroyed by a fire at the Clack Soft Water Service plant. |
| Date: | 10 05 1963 |
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| Description: | Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn. |
| Date: | 01 03 1964 |
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| Description: | A $100,000-$150,000 fire destroys a lumber storage shed and its lumber and building supply inventory in downtown Sun Prairie. More than 100 firemen battled... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Margo Pirie and Sue Ann Hackett on an outdoor camping trip. They are seated near a campfire with a tent in the background. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Bank burning money in Tezpur, Assam during the Sino-Indian Border Conflict. The large pile of paper is steadily burning and a group of men watch from behin... |
| Date: | 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Members of the Droster Family stand among the remains of the Droster Brothers General Store after it burned down in November. It was located across the str... |
| Date: | 01 28 1918 |
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| Description: | Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph... |
| Date: | 10 12 1964 |
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| Description: | Close to $40,000 in damage caused by a workman's torch occurred at the newly constructed Imperial Apartments located at 3803 Monona Drive, Monona, adjacen... |
| Date: | 10 12 1964 |
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| Description: | Fire at the newly constructed Imperial Apartments located at 3803 Monona Drive, adjacent to the Eastside Businessmen's Club. A plumber using an acetylene t... |
| Date: | 11 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters battling a fire at the Art Brush Creations and Industrial Research printing plant in downtown Middleton. |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com... |
| Date: | 11 06 1965 |
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| Description: | Oscar Mayer and Co.'s Madison-based truck drivers and mechanics were instructed in methods of extinguishing fires in tires, wooden crates, and automobiles ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Edgewood Villa, built in 1854, which was bought by Governor C.C. (Cadwallader) Washburn in 1873. Later, the grounds and building becam... |
| 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: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men on a Farmall M tractor are moving a railroad car loaded with alfalfa meal away from a fire at Piehl Alfalfa Mill. |
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