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| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera... |
| Date: | 06 1877 |
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| Description: | The Guppey Guard, a Wisconsin state militia unit, in formation on a street in Portage. |
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| Description: | Demonstration with students and National Guardsman in front of the Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig building. |
| Date: | 04 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster of a masked face with part of a gun showing, in green and red. Below an Arabic inscription is the phrase: "Palestine Lives." |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A clown entertains three women at a Civilian Defense Rally, two of whom are wearing bonnets and matching dresses. Booths behind the women read "Variety Sto... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the announcer's booth of crowd of people at a Civilian Defense Rally. The ice cream stand and the "country store" are visible in the bac... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Side view from behind the shooting gallery at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women and boys are shooting at targets while Boy Scouts and other men stand around.... |
| 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... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of women marching up a street in a parade. Some are wearing nurse's uniforms, some are waving flags, and many are holding signs that r... |
| Date: | 09 22 1953 |
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| Description: | The South Side Men's Club held a special meeting to honor members of the organization who have won their wings in Madison's Ground Observer Corps, a civil ... |
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