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| Description: | Elevated view of group of men posing with Atlantic GO Patrol vehicles. Includes four Scouts, two helicopters, and a police vehicle. |
| Date: | 11 18 1960 |
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| Description: | An atomic fallout shelter is on display at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Hamann, 457 Togstad Glen. The shelter was built by the federal Office of Civi... |
| Date: | 11 02 1960 |
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| Description: | The smashed-in front facade of the Time Realty Co. office, 2434 University Avenue, as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. Seen inside th... |
| Date: | 11 02 1960 |
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| Description: | The smashed-in storefront of the Time Realty Company building at 2434 University Avenue as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. |
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| Description: | View from street towards a building that has collapsed. There is a sidewalk in the foreground, and trees surround the building. A body of water is in the b... |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Under-sheriff Jack Leslie (L) and Deputy Robert Johnson are shown attempting to find ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | A gas explosion demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon. Oregon firemen and neighbors are shown trying to salvage shoes that were part of the ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | A gas explosion demolished the Kellor's store and garage near Oregon. The blast was thought to be caused by a leak in the underground gasoline storage tank... |
| Date: | 02 25 1959 |
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| Description: | A tow truck retrieves a car that had gone into the ditch in the median of Midvale Boulevard south of University Avenue. |
| Date: | 02 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street. |
| Date: | 01 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Traffic on a street with cars raising spray from a puddle. |
| Date: | 12 02 1958 |
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| Description: | Fire scenes at a three-story, converted mansion at 7 East Gilman street. Two men are carrying stacks of clothing near the front entrance. Ladders are leani... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene on the Road Near White Creek, Wis." and at the bottom: "Held Up". Photomontage of a cow, an automobile and five men. The automo... |
| Date: | 07 23 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th... |
| Date: | 06 24 1914 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Front View of Ice House." A group of men and women view the destruction as the result of a tornado that swept through the nort... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Life Saving Crew Entering Boat, Two Rivers, Wis." A group of men launching a large rowboat into Lake Michigan. In the background is a... |
| Date: | 07 02 1958 |
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| Description: | Susan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Summers, standing indoors next to the window that was smashed by an old willow tree that split and crashed into ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Young children inspect the hole where Patricia Ann Palmer's (2) leg was caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Rescue workers cut the hole in the... |
| Date: | 08 01 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Bird's Eye View of Destruction, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug. 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and ... |
| Date: | 08 01 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North and West View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building... |
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