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| Date: | 01 1883 |
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| Description: | Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing near two buildings which burned in 1893. In the center background is Edgewood Villa, a home purchased by Governor C.C. (Cadwallade... |
| Date: | 03 15 1938 |
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| Description: | CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 03 15 1938 |
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| Description: | C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 E. Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Participants with lit candles in a mortgage-burning ceremony at Trousdal Methodist Church located at 1125 Vilas Avenue, include Rev. R.D. Robinson (pastor ... |
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| Description: | A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Remains of the living quarters of Taliesin as seen from the courtyard after a fire destroyed most of the building. Several people are standing in the court... |
| Date: | 02 04 1864 |
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| Description: | Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman... |
| Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
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| Debra Amesqua, Celebrating Wisconsin Visionaries, Changemakers, and Storytellers |
| Date: | 12 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Martha Verriden with her 14 month old son, Stevie. They lost their home and possessions in a fire at their trailer home at Oak Park Trailer Cou... |
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