Interior view of fire riddled brick building on Cherry Street
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- Created Date
- 1950-03-27
- Description
A three story brick rooming building at 324 W Cherry Street caught on fire on March 26th, 1950. This is an interior view of the 3rd floor damage with a mangled bed and chair. Ten people died and another 75 tenants were left homeless. Four firefighers were injured while battling the flames.
Rec. No.: 433-1O; Date: Mar 27 1950; No.: 324; Street: W Cherry St; Use: 3 sty brk rooming house; Owner: Fire 3/26/50; Remarks: 3rd floor room, southwest corner of bldg (see photo 4331-l for exterior view).
- Creator
Barth, Lieut. Fred C
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Subjects
- Building, brick -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Apartments -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
West Cherry Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Interiors -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee - Location
- 318 Cherry St
324 W Cherry St - Type
- image
- Format
- Black and white photograph
- Language
- English
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- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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- Barth, Lieut. Fred C. Interior view of fire riddled brick building on Cherry Street. 1950-03-27. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/4473. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- Barth, Lieut. Fred C, (1950-03-27) Interior view of fire riddled brick building on Cherry Street. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/4473
- MLA citation style
- Barth, Lieut. Fred C. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/HstoricPho/id/4473>.