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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | This photograph of downed trees and branches is annotated, possibly by C.L. Harrington: "A fire hazard at this date Feb 28 '41. I have salvaged all or ab... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A man walks through debris along a metal railing at Cottonwood Villa after an ice storm. The lake, with houses and trees along the shoreline are in the bac... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map of the state of Wisconsin was created in 1868 and later used by Increase Lapham to trace an outbreak of tornadoes going across the state in May of... |
| Date: | 2012 |
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| Description: | Beth, a neighbor of the photographer, smoking during a snowstorm on 7th Street. She is wearing a brown sweater with a shawl collar, an unzipped red coat, a... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | This map is one of the earliest weather maps of the United States, which traced an 1859 storm across the continent. Manuscript annotations in red ink show ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1958 |
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| Description: | View over water towards storm damage in Cornucopia Harbor. West slip. There is a pile of wood along the shoreline in the foreground, with a boat moored jus... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Class A sailboats race in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta on Lake Winnebago just before a storm breaks. There are threatening clouds overhead. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | A description of this photograph written by Ernst Schmidt reads: "The 'Senta' with the anchor out shortly after the storm had hit. I am on the after deck —... |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Bystanders watch as men bail out a sailboat and others assess the damage to their craft after a storm hit during the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regat... |
| Date: | 04 23 1965 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren Knowles' Command Post, located in the Capitol, was called into action after tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin. It serves as the disaster ... |
| Date: | 07 25 1952 |
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| Description: | The caption accompanying this photograph describes the scene: "Ernst C. Schmidt raising the storm warning flag at the dock of the Lake Geneva Yacht Club on... |
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| Description: | Waves from a stormy Lake Mendota crashing onto a chair at the Memorial Union Terrace. |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| Description: | A Sony T.V. is sitting on top of a speaker in front of two windows with window blinds. On the screen, a man wearing a suit is standing in front of a screen... |
| Date: | 05 1914 |
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| Description: | A large section of roof is on the ground in the foreground, sections of timber framing have collapsed, and exposed framing on a standing section of a build... |
| Date: | 05 1914 |
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| Description: | Boards are scattered on the ground after a "cyclone" on the Frank B. Fargo farm. There is a large section of roof on the ground. In the background is a sec... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned view of a snow-bound train. Caption reads: "Snow Blockade between Fennimore and Lancaster Winter of 1910." |
| Date: | 02 23 1922 |
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| Description: | View down street toward the aftermath of an ice storm. There are downed power lines and ice-covered trees. Caption reads: "From W.C. Hansberry Home N.E. St... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a man with a musket and a handaxe charging at three fleeing soldiers, while red lightning flashes from dark storm cloud... |
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| Description: | A dust storm is rising up across a field. A center pivot irrigation system is on the right in the distance beyond power poles. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of an eagle sitting on a rock. The American flag is on the right, and the first Confederate flag, which is tattered and being struck by lightnin... |
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