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| Date: | 02 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fire Fighting Equip. Co. - 1312 Vine St. - Union Grove, Wis." On reverse: "R.K. Brown's Fire Fighting Equip. Co. Now offers you these... |
| Date: | 09 26 1908 |
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| Description: | Gutted remains of St. Joseph's Church in the aftermath of the fire of September 26, 1908. |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Right side profile view of a fire truck parked along a curb. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "F.D.N.Y." |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a fire truck parked along a curb. A large building is in the background. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "F.D.N... |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards a fire truck parked along a curb. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "F.D.N.Y." |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from right rear of a fire truck parked in an open area. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "F.D.N.Y." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man using a TD-18A to cover up a fire. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MtS." Information with photograph reads: "This ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw... |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn ladder wagon dating from ca. 1868. Part of the collection at the Hall of Flame, Phoenix, Arizona. |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l... |
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| Description: | One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl... |
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| Description: | View across road towards a large brick building with patches of snow on the ground. Identified as the high school built in Black River Falls in 1897. Negat... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A fireman is climbing a tall ladder supported on the rear wall of a two-story brick building. There are other firemen on the ground and two men observing. ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A family looking at an exhibit at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum. The exhibit contains motorized and horse-drawn fire engines, as well as fire pumps. |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards a two-story building, with three men posing standing on the walkway. Identified as Moe Hardware, built in 1912 on the nort... |
| Date: | 12 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Sun Prairie, which includes an index and information about water facilities and the fire department. Includes a small inset map of the State... |
| 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: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed. |
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