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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 04 17 1944 |
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| Description: | Dane County chief air raid warden, Coroner E.A. "Ace" Fischer puts a gas mask on Deputy Sheriff Albert Dahle on a stairway at the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 04 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Deputy Sheriff Albert Dahle and Sheriff E.A. Fischer, chief of the air raid wardens of Dane County, demonstrating gas masks on the steps of the Wisconsin S... |
| Date: | 04 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Dane County chief air raid warden, Coroner E.A. "Ace" Fischer, wearing a gas mask on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 01 03 1945 |
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| Description: | An ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol. Capt. E.D. Stanley is giving instructions given by tele... |
| Date: | 11 09 1950 |
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| Description: | As part of Madison's civil defense plans, Boy Scout troops are being mobilized to distribute diabetic kits. Members of Scout Troop Number 2 are shown recei... |
| Date: | 02 20 1951 |
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| Description: | Al Hammond, a technician at the state crime laboratory, poses with some testing equipment. As a former medical corps man during World War II, he would be a... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler addresses a group of volunteers assembled at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalio... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Lineup of parade vehicles at Law Park along Lake Monona for Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. |
| Date: | 03 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison teachers participating in a Red Cross first aid training course as part of the civil defense program. West high school principal R. O. Christoffers... |
| Date: | 03 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison teachers participating in Red Cross first aid training for the civil defense program. Teachers Luna Bauer, Wanda Hawley, Helen Bickel, Anstar Svann... |
| Date: | 03 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison teachers taking a break from first aid training by the Red Cross for the civil defense program. Around the table at East high school are Edith Olso... |
| Date: | 03 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison teachers participating in first aid training by the Red Cross for the civil defense program. Demonstrating how to carry an injured person are Floyd... |
| Date: | 09 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's civil defense director, Major General Ralph Olson (seated), hosts four European civil defense directors on a tour of civil defense units in the... |
| Date: | 10 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Edith Getz (left), Lillian Fried, and George Bernhagen cooking pancakes on an improvised grill during a Civil Defence emergency mass-feeding practice. |
| Date: | 10 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Robert Nuckles (left); Mrs. Earl Siggelkow, McFarland; George Solsrud; and Laura Palmer washing dishes in halved oil drums during a Civil Defense emergency... |
| Date: | 10 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Ryerson (left) and Melvin Dykman use shovels to build a brick stove during a Civil Defense emergency mass-feeding practice. Katheryn Henning stacks la... |
| Date: | 10 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Eldred Heiser (left), Isabelle Hyslop, and Janet DePiazza gather around an oven/kettle intended for cooking soup, meats, and stews during a Civil Defense e... |
| Date: | 10 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Ida Huff and William Aspinwall, Jr. answer a surprise alert phone call for a test of emergency services response while seated in an automobile. |
| Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Mayor Ivan Nestingen points out one of the civil defense decals which are being placed on all Madison buses. The decals state that the buses are pledged fo... |
| Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Four Madison city park department employees would go into action in case of enemy attack or any major-sized natural catastrophe. Pictured are Charles Breit... |
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