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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
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| Description: | Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire. |
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| Description: | Furrows plowed to stop a forest fire in Douglas County along County N, west of Solon Springs. |
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| Description: | Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
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| Description: | Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub with a fire-prevention poster bearing his namesake. The poster has three bears, and the text reads: "Please Folks, be extra careful this ye... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Department of Agriculture Design No. 1, "Forest Fire." The poster features a forest fire blazing around a lone country house, with smoke billowing into the... |
| Date: | 07 22 1927 |
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| Description: | A man uses a tractor and rope to fell a tree in an area that appears to have been cleared by fire. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men stand in a strawberry field bordered by burnt-over forest. The photographer's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the image. |
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| Description: | View of three people silhouetted against the advancing edge of a brush fire. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Forest of burnt tree trunks and broken logs. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | This photograph of downed trees and branches is annotated, possibly by C.L. Harrington: "A fire hazard at this date Feb 28 '41. I have salvaged all or ab... |
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| Description: | A man (Mr. Carlsen) is standing next to his daughter (Lisa). He is bending over and pointing to a small green plant growing out of the scorched ground afte... |
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| Description: | A father (Mr. Carlsen) and his daughter (Lisa) are kneeling on the scorched ground next to a burned tree trunk. They are touching and looking at a small gr... |
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| Description: | A man is nailing a sign posting the emergency forest fire regulations to a wood post. He is wearing a Department of Natural Resources uniform, including tw... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting a forest fire. Two of the men have shovels; the third is directing a stream of water from a... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 03 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
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