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| Date: | 02 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street. |
| 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: | 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: | 05 01 1951 |
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| Description: | A Madison fire truck parks at the scene of a Greyhound bus fire at the corner of East Main Street and South Pinckney Street in front of the S.S. Kresge sto... |
| Date: | 06 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, left, and Police Chief Bruce Weatherly hold the new Chief's Trophy that will go to the winner of an upcoming police-fireman... |
| Date: | 05 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Firefighters union, Local 311, chose twelve-year-old Dick Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian (Inez) Hanson, 134 South Butler Street ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1950 |
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| Description: | A reserve water tank truck with a 1,100 gallon capacity has been added to the town of Madison fire department to insure adequate water supply in fighting f... |
| Date: | 03 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of Fire Station #5 at 2137 Atwood Avenue gather for the retirement celebration of Fire Caption Glover P. Peterson. |
| Date: | 07 18 1951 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby Entrant, 11-year-old Johnny Huseboe, behind the wheel of a fire truck at No. 5 fire station, 2137 Atwood Avenue, along with four fire fighte... |
| Date: | 02 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1956 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team. |
| Date: | 04 23 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Eldon Fremming, Wausau, recently sworn in as the new state deputy fire marshall. |
| Date: | 03 14 1958 |
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| Description: | At every Madison fire station, a man takes over in the kitchen and has the title of cook. Pictured is Phil Behrend, the cook at the Central Fire Station. |
| Date: | 05 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are shown holding a hose with liquid shooting out of its nozzle while two other fire fighters look on. Behind them is a lake. |
| Date: | 05 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ... |
| 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: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw... |
| Date: | 06 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Police and spectators watch as firemen battle a blaze at Brandes Heating Co., 2046 Winnebago Street. |
| Date: | 01 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Fireman Bill Carow, member of the 1955 United States Olympic Ice Speed Skating Team, lacing his son's, Michael Carow, skates. |
| Date: | 11 07 1953 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters standing on the roof of Quality Service Laundry at 1202 Regent Street as smoke is billowing out from below. |
| 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. |
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