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| Date: | 07 20 1934 |
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| Description: | Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w... |
| Date: | 11 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Emery, 11, wins hero medal for saving Evelyn Schulz, 9, from drowning at second ward beach on Lake Mendota. Emery would later serve as Chief of the ... |
| Date: | 08 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Lois Bailey, who was thrown from the Tilt-a-Whirl ride at the Madison East Side Festival, suffering injuries to her face and head. |
| Date: | 05 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Charles Hargrove, age 12, sitting at the bedside of Robert Byrnes, age 9, after Charles pulled Robert from Murphy Creek on Madison's south side. The boys h... |
| Date: | 05 07 1956 |
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| Description: | As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, phone calls are made to the crews of Explorer Post 503. Phoning are Gene Tschida (left), Exp... |
| Date: | 05 07 1956 |
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| Description: | As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, Explorer Scouts David Ahlgren (left) and Richard Klatt rehearse delivering food, medical sup... |
| Date: | 05 07 1956 |
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| Description: | As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, three Explorer Scouts practice first aid techniques on a "disaster victim" lying on a stretc... |
| Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Richard Bosold, a member of the Boy Scout Troop 16 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic school, delivers one of the civil defense posters to Robert Schmitz, gener... |
| Date: | 04 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five youth who sounded a fire alarm when a fire broke out at the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Street in Maple Bluff. Left to ri... |
| Date: | 02 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Four Explorer Scouts test a "walkie talkie" and sign in for "emergency duty" in a search test. Left to right: Larry Peterson, Sterling Miller, Dick Sulliva... |
| Date: | 02 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Madison Explorer Scouts climbing aboard an Air Force truck for a weekend of emergency duty training near Devils Lake. The staged search for Truax Field air... |
| Date: | 03 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Bobby Jones (Arena) is receiving an award for his life-saving efforts in the Governor's Office on March 18th, 1958. Bobby is showing his father the award a... |
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