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| Description: | Men and women examining debris in a field, possibly caused by a tornado. A tree is on top of an automobile in the center. In the far distance are fields an... |
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| Description: | Men and women walking around piles of coal while examining a collapsed structure in a coal yard. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of flooding in a residential area. Two women are posing near a tree on the left. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo... |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of two women posing standing on a wooden sidewalk near the water's edge. Behind them are two men in a long boat in the water among partial... |
| Date: | 09 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, present gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to righ... |
| Date: | 09 26 |
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| Description: | Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, hand gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland, who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to right... |
| Date: | 08 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Eight University of Wisconsin summer students warming themselves in the Henry Schuette residence at 719 Farwell Drive, following a boat accident in which 2... |
| Date: | 07 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w... |
| Date: | 04 23 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the "Survival Revival Women's Conference." The poster features an American flag patterned castle in flames with a parade of women marching... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | In the foreground a small group of men and women stand surrounded by the debres from a tornado. Storm damaged houses and relief workers are visible in the ... |
| Date: | 02 14 1947 |
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| Description: | The main building at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company in DeForest destroyed by a blazing fire. |
| Date: | 08 06 1935 |
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| Description: | Caption at bottom reads: "Destruction of H&N.E. RY Yards." Women in white dresses walk among the puddles along the flood-damaged tracks and trains of the H... |
| Date: | 11 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Three women attend an event to display Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary projects. They include, from left to right, Ina Marlow, Emily Sprague,... |
| Date: | 06 24 1914 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "Front View of Ice House." A group of men and women view the destruction as the result of a tornado that swept through the nort... |
| Date: | 04 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Richard "Dick" Amelong, age 13, of 2618 Stevens Street was cited as a neighborhood hero because he came to the assistance of a neighborhood woman who was s... |
| Date: | 09 21 1931 |
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| Description: | View across felled trees towards two women standing near the porch of a damaged brick house. |
| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing two women attempting to escape the burning Newhall House by lowering themselves from a window using blankets tied t... |
| Date: | 07 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Onlookers are standing in the road in the foreground. |
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