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Revelers Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 1933
Description: Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl...
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Temperance Fair Booth

Date: 1964
Description: Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "fir...
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Petitions on Display at the General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 1932
Description: Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva."
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Ruins of the Hotel Washington

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed.
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Fighting the Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: A stream of water shoots into the front entrance of the burning, smoking Hotel Washington. The crumpled hotel sign still hangs on the balcony.
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Ruins of the Barber's Closet and Hotel Washington

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Ruins of the Barber's Closet in the Hotel Washington. Water shooting from firetruck hoses is visible in the upper left of the image, as the fire that destr...
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Ice and the Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Water from firehoses has frozen into ice that coats power wires, trees, and pumps at the gas station next to the Hotel Washington, which burns in the backg...
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The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us...

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