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TD-9 Tractor Removing Flood Debris

Date: 1941
Description: International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) lifts dirt into a dump truck. Original caption reads: "An International TD-9 Diesel TracTracTor equipped w...
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Mobile Disaster Unit

Date: 1942
Description: Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to...
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Mobile Disaster Unit Workers

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Description: Elevated view of a line of uniformed women employed by the American Red Cross Disaster Unit standing near rows of parked International trucks.
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International Fire Truck at Burning Building

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Description: Men and fire fighters are gathered around burning building attempting to extinguish flames with an International fire truck. The truck is labeled "Engine N...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Robert Nuckles (left); Mrs. Earl Siggelkow, McFarland; George Solsrud; and Laura Palmer washing dishes in halved oil drums during a Civil Defense emergency...
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Explorer Scouts Prepare for Disasters

Date: 05 07 1956
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...
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National Civil Defense Week

Date: 08 27 1956
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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Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) and Florida Congressman Young tour the destruction at the World Trade Center with an FBI guide a few days after...
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7 World Trade Center

Date: 2001
Description: Seven World Trade Center, the ruins of a World Trade Center building that was so severely damaged by the collapse of the North Tower on 9/11 that it collap...
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David Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Congressman Bill Young of Florida (left), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, the ranking committee De...
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David Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right, in the blue shirt) touring the 9/11 Ground Zero site with an unidentified FBI official, Joan Obey, and an unide...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, respectively the Republican chair and the ranking Democrat of the House Appr...
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Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, respectively chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Commi...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the 9/11 Ground Zero site viewing the damage to the World Trade Center. Behind Obey is the World Financial Center co...
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Vesey Street at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: World Trade Center debris piles on Vesey Street, looking west. On the left are World Trade Center buildings 5 and 6 which were heavily damaged by the colla...
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David and Joan Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right), with Joan Obey and an unidentified FBI agent, touring the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attac...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, wearing a blue shirt, is standing in the foreground. Behind him, also in a blue shirt, is Florida Congressman Bill You...
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Obey and Young, Overwhelmed

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) looking at the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attacks. With Obey is Florida Congressman Bill Yo...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo...
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Rescue Squad

Date: 2012
Description: Gundersen Tri-State ambulance and fire truck personnel rescue a man who may have had a seizure at the Bimbo Bakery. The vehicles are parked in the street, ...

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