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| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 01 13 1929 |
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| Description: | Building on fire at Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage, 621 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 01 13 1929 |
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| Description: | Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ... |
| Date: | 05 04 1927 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Refectory building fire. Fire was June 1926. Now Carson Gulley Commons. |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | A man burns rubbish close to the house. |
| Date: | 04 12 1926 |
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| Description: | Two men sitting in an International fire truck marked "Ogdensburg, N.Y." They are parked in front of what appears to be a fire station. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An oil tank burns in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. The Texas Company was ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a crowd, consisting of men, women, and children standing among what appears to be charred ruins. Smoke is rising in the background. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | Smoke rises from the remnants of a barn and silo ruined by fire. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A boy dumping ashes against the side of a house. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrate potenti... |
| Date: | 09 07 1926 |
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| Description: | In the foreground is a fire, presumably with stumps that were pulled by the man in the background driving a tractor. |
| Date: | 07 22 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is using a tractor to pull down a tree. There is smoke along the ground from a fire. |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt and another man are standing by the truck which caught fire while moving items to Island Lodge. The initials "FWD" are on the grill of the truc... |
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