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| Date: | 03 16 1919 |
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| Description: | View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate... |
| Date: | 11 20 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of dramatic night fire, with ruins and figures in silhouette. Caption reads: "One A.M., Red Granite Night Fire, Nov. 20th 1908, Loss ... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the aftermath of a fire at a canning factory. Men are inspecting the charred ruins, which are smoking. Buildings and a church tow... |
| Date: | 10 10 1913 |
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| Description: | View of the blown-off roof of a bank. Caption reads: "Roof of Juneau County Bank after the Cyclone, Oct. 10, 1913, Mauston, Wis." |
| 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... |
| 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: "South View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug. 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building with pe... |
| Date: | 01 1916 |
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| Description: | Damage to buildings and wires in a sleet storm. Handwritten on the back: "The after effects of sleet storm in Jan/16 at Seymour, Wis. By the looks of this,... |
| Date: | 06 03 1914 |
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| Description: | Standing water between buildings and the railroad yard. Handwriting on the back reads: "Flood at Seymoure [sic], June 3-1914." Two men are standing near 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: | 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: | 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... |
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