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In this 1935 image, just three firemen are trying to save the Odd Fellows Lodge in downtown Olympia. As if that weren't bad enough, they're doing it in freezing weather. Look at the ice forming on the power lines! Source: Olympia Fire Department Photograph Collection, 1885-1980.
