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| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the 125 vehicles which were used in Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. The vehicles were parked on Monona ... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parade of vehicles for Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison approaching along South Carroll Street and turn... |
| 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: | 05 18 1933 |
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| Description: | National Guardsmen, who were sworn in as deputies, approach milk strikers through what appears to be a cloud of smoke. |
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| Description: | A view of Confederate breastworks, ridges in the hillsides for defense, at Western Heights. A fence divides the land in the foreground. Caption reads: "Con... |
| 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: | 05 13 1952 |
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| Description: | Three volunteer supervisors who will be on hand to help explain the Alert America Convoy exhibit to visitors when it is at the University of Wisconsin-Madi... |
| Date: | 07 12 1954 |
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| Description: | The East Washington Avenue bridge was chosen as the point where a simulated atom bomb struck Madison during a civil defense test, unbeknownst to four canoe... |
| 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: | Helen Giessel (left) and Avis MacLean make an improvised plate and cup during a Civil Defence emergency mass-feeding practice event. |
| 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: | 03 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Mary Hogan, Katherine Becker, and children posing near the Hogan's home civil defense shelter. Hogan and Becker are members of the Dane County Medical Auxi... |
| 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... |
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