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| Description: | Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire. |
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| Description: | Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
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| Description: | Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men stand in a strawberry field bordered by burnt-over forest. The photographer's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the image. |
| 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: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 03 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
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