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Fire at Volunteers of America Building

Date: 02 04 1951
Description: Major Ira E. Nolte, Madison district commander of the Volunteers of America, inspects the wreckage left by a fire which destroyed two basement supply rooms...
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Head-On Train Collision

Date: 10 1891
Description: The wreckage of a head-on collision of two Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad trains at Tramway. Men stand near and on top of the railroad cars...
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Ruined Hull of Steamer J.S.

Date: 05 25 1910
Description: A man stands on the wreckage of a burned steamer in the Mississippi River near the shoreline. There is a small boat and a barrel nearby. Bluffs are in the ...
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Niagara Wreckage

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Description: View of a portion of the wrecked Niagara at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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Construction of the New Channel

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a construction site, with wreckage behind a wooden wall. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 f...
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Wreck of the Sand Hauler

Date: 1911
Description: View of a construction site with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black River ...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o...
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Wreckage of the Niagara

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Description: Part of the paddle wheel and drive shaft of the wrecked Niagara at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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Wreck of the Sand Hauler during Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 
Description: View of wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black River Falls, and the wreck of t...
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor view of a construction site, with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Bla...
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Smoldering Debris

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Still smoldering fires and wreckage amidst debris left in the wake of a tornado.
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View towards men standing on railroad tracks and near the wreckage of a train.
News Release

May 1, 2019 - Media Advisory: "Stories from the Wreckage" Book Launch Tonight at Wisconsin Historical Museum

For Immediate Release
A new exhibit, “Stories from the Wreckage,” that features photographs of underwater shipwrecks, is now on display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum.
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Lottie Cooper

Location: DeLand Park
Nearby City: Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
Photograph

M-246 Wrecker with Jet Fighter Wreckage

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of men guiding a piece of wreckage from a jet fighter onto the ground as it is lifted by the arm of a Model M-246 truck. The specification...
Photograph

Winter Ice Damage on Lake Monona

Date: 1918
Description: A child, possibly Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones, stands near the wreckage of a wooden structure caused by ice break-up on Lake Monona.
Feature Story

2020 Book of Merit Award Winners Announced

John Odin Jensen and R. Richard Wagner have received the 2020 Book of Merit Award.
National or State Registers Record

Community: Two Rivers
County: Manitowoc
Historic Name: S.C. Baldwin Shipwreck (Barge)
Reference Number: 16000565
Shipwreck

Ida H. Lee (1863)

Location: Wreckage may be in 50 feet of water north of the Milwaukee Harbor entrance.
Ship Master: Capain Daly
Nearby City: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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First and Main after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards several men on wreckage below several buildings. Identified as the damage after the flood in Black River Falls in October 1911 and showing the...

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