Date: | 1952 |
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Description: | A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter. |
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: | 1887 |
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Description: | Members of the Wisconsin National Guard lined up at Camp Douglas. |
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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. |
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... |
Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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Description: | Edward Northrup (seated) and Jan Macdonald are volunteer sky watchers in the Ground Observer Corps. From the top of the Belmont Hotel, they scan the sky an... |
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