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Fire at Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)
February 27, 1904
Spectators near the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol watching the fire that eventually destroyed most of the building.
Surveying Fire Damage
February 1904
Ruins of the second floor of the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south, after the fire. The blaze nearly destroyed the entire building and led to the construction of the pr...
Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol
February 1904
Ruins of the Senate Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 26-27.
Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol
February 1904
The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27.
Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol
February 1904
Second floor corridor of the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, looking south, after the fire of February 27, 1904. The view is through the central Rotunda showing the balustrade arou...
Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol
February 1904
Damage caused to the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27. This photograph shows the first floor corridor, looking West. Still intact is a chandelier and its ceiling medallion.
