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World Series, Men Around Fire Engine
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Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. Fire fighters and police officers at the base of a fire engine ladder, retrieving a man from atop one of the stadium's lighting platforms.
October 1, 1958
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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