Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Weather map depicting the great cyclonic storm that prevailed the day of the Peshtigo and Chicago fires. |
Date: | 04 21 1948 |
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Description: | Aerial photograph of two brush fires on the north side of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest across Lake Mendota. |
Date: | 05 15 1948 |
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Description: | Public officials inspecting the damage and debris from a fatal fire in the Dane County Jail. The fire was started by two inmates, one of whom died in the e... |
Date: | 05 15 1948 |
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Description: | Floyd Parker, a federal prisoner, and one of two inmates of the Dane County Jail who started the cell block fire, was rescued by sheriff's officials and ci... |
Date: | 06 11 1948 |
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Description: | The lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company is engulfed in flames, which totally destroyed the building. |
Date: | 06 11 1948 |
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Description: | Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total... |
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Description: | Charred remains of a Baptist College after having been burned. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Afermath of the fire of June 4, 1905. A chimney and some burnt out walls still stand. The area around the ruins is fenced off. The top of the building t... |
Date: | 1865 |
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Description: | After the fire of Oct. 22, 1865. The house takes up most of the image to the right, with burnt trees on the left, and a building in the background. The r... |
Date: | 1956 |
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Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Preparing the Tractor". The cartoon depicts an elderly m... |
Date: | 1942 |
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Description: | Drawing of a man standing in a field and holding a damper or rake with smoke billowing from the grass. |
Date: | 04 1971 |
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Description: | Poster featuring a skeleton on horseback, carrying a banner that reads, "Apocalypse". A skyline of Madison appears beneath, on fire, with the phrase "Heral... |
Date: | 01 09 1883 |
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Description: | A large crowd is on the street surrounding the burning building. Fire fighters are struggling with horses pulling the fire engine, and on the left a group... |
Date: | 1961 |
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Description: | Fire fighters battle a controlled fire during training with an International Harvester Scout 80 4x4 mounted with a fire apparatus. |
Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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Description: | Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown. |
Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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Description: | Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Formally a Universalist Church (under Rev. Augusta Chapin), then a Baptist church, later a club house and eventually a dance hall. Photograph taken after ... |
Date: | 1962 |
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Description: | Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers pray together near the burned remains of a church in southwestern Georgia. |
Date: | 10 31 1948 |
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Description: | John Speranza stands at the ruins of his store, dairy bar and home on Highways 12 & 18 south of Madison (2606 West Broadway). With him is his wife, Bertha ... |
Date: | 05 1971 |
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Description: | Poster advertising for an exhibition titled "Fire Holes." Center burn image created by actually burning paper. Letterpress text below reads, "An exhibition... |
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