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| Date: | 10 15 1964 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Scout fire truck. Original caption reads: "Photograph MW-441-- A fire-fighting adaptation of the Scout by International has been pl... |
| Date: | 11 25 1960 |
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| Description: | Dan Watson, left, director of the Vilas Park Zoo, and fireman Don Annen attempting to capture two rhesus monkeys in the tree tops. Annen is holding a tran... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in an old vehicle. Caption reads: "Juda, Wis. 1947-9. John Kryder, an old member of the local fire department." |
| 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: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Wayne "Warpy" Austin. He has been a Madison fireman for 26 years, presently assigned to the No. 5 Company at Division Street and Atwood Avenue.... |
| 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: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International B-line, R-line, V-line and CO-line fire truck chassis. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Front cover color illustration of an advertising brochure for International Fire Truck Chassis Models. |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin... |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Captain Arne Lewick doubles as the fire station mechanic. Smoking a pipe, he is working at a lathe. |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ... |
| Date: | 05 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A fire chief is surveying the damage from a kitchen fire at 906 East Mifflin Street in Madison, while the fire fighters are sweeping up with brooms. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the New London Fire Department posing around their fire engine. They are wearing firefighting gear, coats, boots, helmets and tools in th... |
| Date: | 10 16 1865 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the members of Milwaukee Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. Two men are posing behind the group on a platform bearing several U.S. fl... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on either side of an engine in a room. Displays with dials are on the wall behind them. A small, round table with a teapot on it is in... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on the ground spraying water from a fire hose. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters use an International fire and rescue truck with an eighty-five foot mounted ladder to fight a fire, possibly as part of a training exercise. ... |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Milwaukee Central Fire Station, with fire fighters posing in front of the building and around a fire engine. |
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