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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,... |
| Date: | 05 18 1933 |
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| Description: | The Battle of Durham Hill during the milk strike, showing sheriff's deputies and National Guardsmen (sworn in as special deputies) charging farmers with ba... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | International transit bus emerges from a tunnel leading to the interior of the North American Air Defense Command's (NORAD) Combat Operation's Center in Ch... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A KC-97 of the 126th Refueling Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, refueling an F-84 fighter over eastern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion at Truax Field. Armaments for this fighter included two air-to-air rockets capable of being armed with nuclear... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Civil Air Patrol membership card belonging to Meinhardt Raabe. |
| 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: | 07 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Liberation News Service," an underground news bulletin, featuring a Vietnamese woman carrying a firearm on her shoulder. |
| Date: | 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Mob violence during the integration crisis in Little Rock. Probably taken between September 20th, when Governor Faubus withdrew the National Guard and Sept... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat and eyeglasses on a raised platform sits holding a microphone. There is a girl standing behind him, and children and adults are around ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of boys and girls seated with instruments are waiting to perform music at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Three men raising mugs of beer from behind the outdoor bar at a Civilian Defense Rally. In the background is a tent. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a baseball cap holds a folder and a box labeled "Committee." He is also wearing a badge labeled "Committee" on his shirt pocket. In the far b... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Girls riding bicycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. The Greendale Village Hall with clock tower is visible in the background, and the street has been blocke... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Rear view of men working the "Country Store" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. A "wheel of fortune" device is on the right and a crowd and an elevated ann... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of school-age children with a several adults sitting outdoors with band instruments at a Civilian Defense Rally. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A conductor leads a band made up of school-age children as well as a few adults at a Civilian Defense Rally. They are playing outdoors in front of the Post... |
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