Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Postcard depicting the fire of February 26-27, 1904 that destroyed most of the second Wisconsin State Capitol. The smoke and flames have been dramatically ... |
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: | 07 1912 |
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Description: | Elevated view across the Wisconsin River, showing the wreckage left by the disastrous flood of July 24, 1912. A power dam on the Wisconsin River above Waus... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Footbridge on river. Caption reads: "The Foot Bridge at Oconto, Wis., That went down with the Oconto Freshman Class." |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | View looking across the river east into Black River Falls during the flood, showing the elevated level of the river and buildings falling into the water. C... |
Date: | 10 06 1911 |
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Description: | View of Monsos Brothers Grocery & Crockery after most of the building was washed away by the flooding Black River. High, rushing water can be seen on the r... |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of firemen fighting a high school fire. A small crowd of people are watching from the street. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the devastation after a flood in central Black River Falls. Caption reads: "Where City Once Stood - Business Section." |
Date: | 10 05 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood. Crowds are gathered on the river bank, the bridge and the higher ground in the background. Caption ... |
Date: | 10 05 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood in a residential neighborhood. A man is picking up pieces of wood in the road. Large piles of debris... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a fire. Most of the parsonage is destroyed. There are onlookers on the lawn in front of the house. Caption r... |
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: | View across what may be a metal roof towards a crowd of men looking at a collapsed structure of steel girders. The men are dressed in winter coats and hats... |
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Description: | View across railroads tracks towards men walking around and examining a large industrial structure that has collapsed over a coal pile. |
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Description: | Group portrait of men wearing winter coats and hats. They are standing on a metal roof, examining a large collapsed industrial structure which is behind th... |
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Description: | Men and women walking around piles of coal while examining a collapsed structure in a coal yard. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Pecatonica River at the bridge. The river is flooding the town. Caption reads: "Pecatonica River on a Rampage, Darlington, , Wis." |
Date: | 07 24 1912 |
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Description: | View down street towards the dynamiting of the bridge over the Pigeon River during the flood. Caption reads: "Dynamiting the Bridge, Flood of July 24, 1912... |
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