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Civilian defense. Extremely valuable in battling incendiary bombs is the stirrup pump operated by three, or in cases of emergency, two men. The volunteer worker closest to the camera is pumping water from the bucket on the reef, while the man barely visible in the center replenishes the water supply from another bucket. The third volunteer, holding the nozzle, which may be adjusted to provide either a spray or a steady stream of water, is spraying magnesium incendiary bomb and the area around it. New improved pumps are being produced in American factories

Civilian defense. Extremely valuable in battling incendiary bombs is t...

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Civilian protection. Here is the way the report center is set up in New York City. The liaison officer keeps in touch with emergency forces which are indicated by the sings

Civilian protection. Here is the way the report center is set up in Ne...

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Civilian protection. Cleaning debris is hard work and coffee and sandwiches are more than welcome after a few hours of it. The women are members of a Red Cross emergency food and housing unit, while the worker's armband shows him to be a volunteer member of a demolition and clearance crew

Civilian protection. Cleaning debris is hard work and coffee and sandw...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave radio transmitter are made into mobile two-way War Emergency Radio Service sets for Civilian Defense by patriotic radio "hams" who not only install and operate the sets, but frequently contribute their own equipment. Powered by the auto battery, these War Emergency Radio Service mobile stations can maintain uninterrupted contact with their control center even if all telephone and power lines are out of operation

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave r...

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Mayris Chaney Martin - National Parks Gallery

Mayris Chaney Martin - National Parks Gallery

Mayris "Tiny" Chaney Martin (1904-2003) was an acclaimed dancer and close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt's for nearly thirty years. This photograph was taken when Tiny was a dancing partner of Edward Fox and they ... More

Civilian protection. Quickly reaching an incendiary bomb which has fallen near his post, the fire watcher seeks to another it with send to keep the fire from spreading

Civilian protection. Quickly reaching an incendiary bomb which has fal...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receiver was constructed by Civilian Defense radio volunteers from parts of old home radio sets. It is used to keep protection units in the field in constant touch with each other and with their control centers

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emer...

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Civilian protection. Auxilliary pumpers with fire department are so designed that they can be hooked on to any automobile and pulled to the scene of the fire

Civilian protection. Auxilliary pumpers with fire department are so de...

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Civilian defense. This is one of the new electrical and gas emergency trucks developed for the defense of American citizens. It contains all sorts of first aid equipment and tools for firefighting, pumping, gas line repairs and electrical work. The insignia shows these men to be members of a rescue crew. This represents one truck with rescue squad equipment, to aid them in tunneling through rubble, cutting through beams and walls and other necessary operations to reach persons trapped in the demolished houses

Civilian defense. This is one of the new electrical and gas emergency ...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receivers tuned to different wave lengths keep this Civilian Defense control center in touch with three different channels of communication. The set being operated maintains contact with state and city police and fire departments. The other two are used for communicating with sub-control centers, hospitals, and mobile field units

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergen...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receiver was constructed by Civilian Defense radio volunteers from parts of old home radio sets. It is used to keep protection units in the field in constant touch with each other and with their control centers

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emer...

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Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important part in our civilian defense in the event of air raids on American cities. Here they are going out on a practice "emergency call." The truck is a regular fire department hose wagon, painted battleship gray to reduce visibility and equipped with blackout headlights. The Maltese crosses on the men's armbands is the insignia of the auxiliary fire forces

Civilian protection. These auxiliary firemen will play an important pa...

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Civilian protection. This volunteer civilian defense worker, an auxiliary fireman, is preparing to extinguish an incendiary bomb. He carries the sandbag before his face to protect him from the molten magnesium sizzling forth like fat from a frying pan. He will drop the whole bag on the bomb, and the heat of the bomb will burn through the burlap, releasing the sand. The sand will then run onto and around the bomb.

Civilian protection. This volunteer civilian defense worker, an auxili...

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Civilian protection. The coffee cup on the armband is a welcome sight to defense workers at any time. It means emergency food and housing

Civilian protection. The coffee cup on the armband is a welcome sight ...

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Civilian defense. The heat is on this captain, in charge of the demonstration message center at the huge October civilian defense show in Madison Square Garden, New York. His responsibility is the efficient handling of information for defense workers in his area. At headquarters, constantly in touch with developments throughout the city by telephone and radio, this message taker is receiving a report

Civilian defense. The heat is on this captain, in charge of the demons...

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Civilian protection. The air raid warden, key man of the civilian defense organization is a solid citizen well known to the people of his sector. It is his job to clear the streets, see that people in his sector take proper cover, allay their fear, prevent panic and summon aid promptly in the event that it is needed

Civilian protection. The air raid warden, key man of the civilian defe...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receivers tuned to different wave lengths keep this Civilian Defense control center in touch with three different channels of communication. The set being operated maintains contact with state and city police and fire departments. The other two are used for communicating with sub-control centers, hospitals, and mobile field units

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergen...

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Civilian protection. Nurses' aides and medical corps personnel turn out for drill. These two groups make up the personnel of stretcher bearers, first aid squads, casualty clearance stations, and first aid posts. Both are also assigned to hospital work in a rigorous course of training and hospital experience which is necessary to become members of their groups

Civilian protection. Nurses' aides and medical corps personnel turn ou...

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Civilian protection. This is another of the tasks for which civilian volunteer workers are trained. Their is the task of saving human life and they are equipped with the latest in equipment to make this vital task more efficient. Municipal fire and police departments will play a leading role in this training

Civilian protection. This is another of the tasks for which civilian v...

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Civilian protection. A City of New York emergency service truck, fully equipped for rescue work

Civilian protection. A City of New York emergency service truck, fully...

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Civilian protection. Handle him carefully, boys! Victim of an air raid is brought into a hospital where volunteers trained in first aid place him carefully on a cot

Civilian protection. Handle him carefully, boys! Victim of an air raid...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter's office in Washington on the occasion of Mrs. Roosevelt's being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter'...

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Civilian defense. Water is invaluable in civilian defense. The English stirrup pump will not be used by Americans, but they will be given a crude type of bucket pump in a pump-and-water dispenser of one unit

Civilian defense. Water is invaluable in civilian defense. The English...

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Civilian defense. A police emergency worker shows how Warsop asoline rockbreaker works. The two-cycled engine delivers 2300 blows per minute, and can be used to break through walls to release trapped persons. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York

Civilian defense. A police emergency worker shows how Warsop asoline r...

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Civilian protection. Regular fire equipment will be supplemented by many small units such as this trailer pump. In answer to a call, this auxiliary fire crew is here shown hooking it on to a taxicab whose driver is a member of the drivers' corps and will quickly haul it to the blaze to which it has been summoned

Civilian protection. Regular fire equipment will be supplemented by ma...

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Civilian protection. Field emergency units of many characters will provide stretchers and carry first air equipment for field treatment of casualities. The "M.D." next to the caduceus on the doctor's armbank shows that he is a registered physician

Civilian protection. Field emergency units of many characters will pro...

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Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special compartment in the New York Emergency Service truck. The lower compartment contains a portable searchlight of 1000 candle power

Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special co...

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Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense: Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Nesbitt, took the "Consumer Pledge for Total Defense" drafted by Miss Harriet Elliott. The pledge reads: "As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, my country ready, efficient, and strong; I will buy carefully. I will take good care of the things I have. I will waste nothing"

Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. R...

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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter's office in Washington on the occasion of Mrs. Roosevelt's being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter'...

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Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special compartment in the New York Emergency Service truck. The lower compartment contains a portable searchlight of 1000 candle power

Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special co...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by Afred T. Palmer or Howard Hollem. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Ov... More

Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in which blister gas has been used. Unless chemically neutralized, the spots of this liquid vesicant will continue to give off a burning vapor for days. Specially treated clothing is needed to protect the men too. Note that the workers are covered from head to toe

Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in...

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Civilian defense. No time to lose in the treatment of disaster victims. This victim is receiving attention in the field from a first aid squad. Emergency medical facilities were demonstrated at the huge October civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York. The armband of the workers in the rear indicated that he is a member of the medical corps

Civilian defense. No time to lose in the treatment of disaster victims...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-volt direct current generator, operating at 10 kilowatts to supply power to provide power for the two searchlights on the roof of the huge Emergency Service truck. There are also several auxilliary lights runs out from the truck and powered by this generator. This truck in New York City is the only one of its kind, so far

Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-vo...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receiver was constructed by Civilian Defense radio volunteers from parts of old home radio sets. It is used to keep protection units in the field in constant touch with each other and with their control centers

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. This home-made War Emer...

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Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Civilian Defense radio volunteers transformed the auto radio in this auxiliary police car into a a short wave War Emergency Radio Service set, which permits the auxiliary police communications officers to maintain constant two-way contact with his control center

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Civilian Defense radio ...

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Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New York City Emergency Services truck displayed at the ivilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, in October, is equipped with a dispatcher's desk and telephone facilities for workers sent out from the truck. It is also equipped for two-way communication with a central office

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New Yo...

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Civilian protection. Members of the New York defense forces turn out for drill and demonstration with their rolling equipment. From left to right: nurses' aides and medical personnel, rescue squad, decontamination squad, demolition and clearance crews

Civilian protection. Members of the New York defense forces turn out f...

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Civilian protection. An old scene in a new dress. On call in the event of any emergency these volunteer air raid protection workers are enjoying in a quiet game. The armband of the man in the foreground indicates that he is an auxiliary fireman. Against the wall in the rear is some of the equipment used by these volunteers in case of air attack. To the left, are a pair of snuffers, used to extinguish incendiary bombs, and a scaling ladder. On the windowsill are sand bags, and just below the window a portable stirrup pump and a pair of "indian fire pumps, all useful in fighting blazes from incendiary bombs and other causes

Civilian protection. An old scene in a new dress. On call in the event...

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Constable Scott of London (right) with Director Landis of Office of Civilian Defense (center) and Major General L. D. Gasser, Head of Protection Division, Office of Civilian Defense (left). Dean Landis holds a sandbag with hand grip used to extinguish incendiary bombs. This type of bag also serves as protection in approaching bomb

Constable Scott of London (right) with Director Landis of Office of Ci...

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Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in which blister gas has been used. Unless chemically neutralized, the spots of this liquid vesicant will continue to give off a burning vapor for days. Specially treated clothing is needed to protect the men too. Note that the workers are covered from head to toe

Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in...

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Civilian protection. Armed with carrier tanks and pressure sprays, these auxiliary firemen are disposing of an incendiary bomb by applying a fine spray of water. This accelerates the burning of the bomb and prevents the fire from spreading

Civilian protection. Armed with carrier tanks and pressure sprays, the...

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Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut flooring and heavy beams. It is part of the equipment of the New York City Emergency Service truck displayed in October at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden by the New York Police Department. This saw, which operates on 110-volt direct current generated by the truck, can be used as far as 2000 feet from the truck

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut floorin...

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Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armband insignia shows him to be a member of a rescue squad) manipulates the power switches on the roof of the truck's cab. This truck is equipped to generage power for search lights, power saws, radios and other equipment

Civilian protection. The driver of an emergency ervice truck (his armb...

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Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New York City Emergency Services truck displayed at the ivilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, in October, is equipped with a dispatcher's desk and telephone facilities for workers sent out from the truck. It is also equipped for two-way communication with a central office

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New Yo...

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Civilian protection. The decomtamination squad (see armband) is employed to neutralize chemically, an area which has been subjected to attack with a persistent gas (mustard gas and ewsite are persistent gases, and may be sprayed or dropped from a low flying airplane). The volunteer workers above are spreading a mixture of sand and chloride of lime to neutralize the area

Civilian protection. The decomtamination squad (see armband) is employ...

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Constable Scott of London (right) with Director Landis of Office of Civilian Defense (center) and Major General L. D. Gasser, Head of Protection Division, Office of Civilian Defense (left). Dean Landis holds a sandbag with hand grip used to extinguish incendiary bombs. This type of bag also serves as protection in approaching bomb

Constable Scott of London (right) with Director Landis of Office of Ci...

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Civilian protection. The armbands represent coffee cups, but coffee isn't the only thing which the Emergency Food and Housing Corps will provide when they are needed. Members of this corps are trained to organize emergency feeding and housing facilities, and their mobile units can be set up rapidly near the scene of a disaster

Civilian protection. The armbands represent coffee cups, but coffee is...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Civilian protection. Accompanied by volunteer members of a repair squad, a public utility goes forth in well-equipped trucks to repair damage to the lines

Civilian protection. Accompanied by volunteer members of a repair squa...

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Civilian protection. Every square inch of the body must be well protected by impermeable or impregnated clothing to enable the decontamination worker to closely approach liquid vesicant gas. Later, the clothing must be carefully removed by a helper himself dressed in gas-proof clothing and decontaminated

Civilian protection. Every square inch of the body must be well protec...

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, pro...

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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter's office in Washington on the occasion of Mrs. Roosevelt's being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter'...

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Civilian protection. Every square inch of the body must be well protected by impermeable or impregnated clothing to enable the decontamination worker to closely appraoch liquid vesicant gas. Later, the clothing must be carefully removed by a helper himself dressed in gasproof clothing and decontaminated

Civilian protection. Every square inch of the body must be well protec...

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Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spread important messages during air raids. Individual telephone calls to the various defense centers are unnecessary, since the teletype will present the information on paper to all centers simultaneously

Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spr...

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Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an important part of civilian defense work. This operator at air raid warden headquarters receives calls telling her of trouble in various areas, notes the messages and passes them on for immediate action. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 1941

Civilian defense. Prompt and efficient telephone handling is an import...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Civilian defense. A doctor and a nurse, are setting up an emergency first aid station. Four such teams travel in the ambulance, set up a station and work out from it. Thier work was shown at the huge civilian defense show held in October at Madison Square Garden, New York

Civilian defense. A doctor and a nurse, are setting up an emergency fi...

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in Rutherford, New Jersey, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

Aluminum collection. A store window display in Rutherford, New Jersey,...

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Civilian protection. It looks like a good idea to this young man, who is about to enter the firehouse and sign up to aid in the defense of his home in case of enemy attack. He hopes his training will be needed, but he would rather be trained unnecessarily than untrained in the event of disaster

Civilian protection. It looks like a good idea to this young man, who ...

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Civilian protection. Completely enclosed, just like deep sea divers, to make certain that none of the blistering gas vapors will seep through to their skin, these members of a decontamination squad are spreading a mixture of sand and chloride of lime to neutralize an area which has been attacked with a persistent gas

Civilian protection. Completely enclosed, just like deep sea divers, t...

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Civilian protection. A rescue worker removes fallen debris which has pinned a victim seeking to escape. He will be given emergency first aid and taken to the nearest casualty clearing station

Civilian protection. A rescue worker removes fallen debris which has p...

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Civilian defense. Who goes where and when is decided by the controller of the plotting board, who assigns radio equipped units to the trouble areas. Here he is receiving information from a telephone operator. This is a vital part of civilian defense work. The demonstration was at the October 1941 civilian defense show in Madison Square Garden, New York

Civilian defense. Who goes where and when is decided by the controller...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Civilian protection. Scanning the sky for attcking planes is only part of the job this volunteer air raid warden, who is director of air raid protection operations for a block of about 500 people. Four such wardens are named for each section, so that twenty-four hour protection is assured. In the event of attack, these wardens warn the citizens in their areas, direct them to shelter and then direct the civilian defense workers

Civilian protection. Scanning the sky for attcking planes is only part...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave radio transmitter are made into mobile two-way War Emergency Radio Service sets for Civilian Defense by patriotic radio "hams" who not only install and operate the sets, but frequently contribute their own equipment. Powered by the auto battery, these War Emergency Radio Service mobile stations can maintain uninterrupted contact with their control center even if all telephone and power lines are out of operation

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Commercial short wave r...

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Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spread important messages during air raids. Individual telephone calls to the various defense centers are unnecessary, since the teletype will present the information on paper to all centers simultaneously

Civilian defense. Much time is saved by the use of the teletype to spr...

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Civilian defense. There is a blood plasma unit of the New York Red Cross. Designed for civilian defense work in the event of disaster, this station wagon carries doctors and nurses to places where blood donors meet to offer their blood in cases of emergency

Civilian defense. There is a blood plasma unit of the New York Red Cro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Photographed by Afred T. Palmer or Howard Hollem. Title and other information from caption ca... More

Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of civilian defense. This worker will handle calls from the public reporting trouble areas. Her part in civilian defense was demonstrated at Madison Garden, New York, during the huge civilian defense show in October 1941

Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of ci...

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Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Civilian Defense radio volunteers transformed the auto radio in this auxiliary police car into a a short wave War Emergency Radio Service set, which permits the auxiliary police communications officers to maintain constant two-way contact with his control center

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. Civilian Defense radio ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Image source: Office of Civilian Defense photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War ... More

Mrs. Roosevelt being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Roosevelt being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the O...

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Civilian defense. Feeding of disaster victims is an essential part of civilian defense work. This Red Cross canteen unit travels in a truck equipped to feed 500 persons.

Civilian defense. Feeding of disaster victims is an essential part of ...

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Civilian protection. Rescue workers who have brought out a victim pinned in fallen wreckage help to apply the pulmotor through by the Red Cross unit to the scene

Civilian protection. Rescue workers who have brought out a victim pinn...

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Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian...

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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter's office in Washington on the occasion of Mrs. Roosevelt's being sworn in as Mayor La Guardia's assistant in the Office of Civilian Defense. Mrs. Roosevelt's title is Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony took place on the morning of September 29

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in the latter'...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Civilian protection. A member of a bomb removal squad takes a well deserved rest from his danger-packed routine

Civilian protection. A member of a bomb removal squad takes a well des...

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Civilian protection. Here's one volunteer who asks no questions. He's starting to climb into a danger area where his aid is vitally needed. He's bound for the roof of a building which has been struck by several incendiary bombs, where he will work with other volunteer auxiliary firemen to keep the damage to a minimum

Civilian protection. Here's one volunteer who asks no questions. He's ...

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Civilian defense. Prompt medical attention is essential in civilian defense work. Here a disaster victim is receiving immediate emergency medical attention from a "castrophe team," which includes a doctor and a nurse

Civilian defense. Prompt medical attention is essential in civilian de...

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Health & Welfare Day, Dunbar High School. John B. Kelly, Assistant Director of Civilian Defense in charge of Physical fitness (former Sculling champion)

Health & Welfare Day, Dunbar High School. John B. Kelly, Assistant Dir...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Title from portrait file print. Date from portrait file print for Alice Marble, taken at ... More

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops and streets maintain unceasing vigilance for fallen incendiary bombs. They immediately seek to control them with equipment stored nearby

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops...

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Civilian protection. The victim of a bomb raid is received from the casualty clearing station at the hospital

Civilian protection. The victim of a bomb raid is received from the ca...

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Civilian defense. Who goes where and when is decided by the controller of the plotting board, who assigns radio equipped units to the trouble areas. Here he is receiving information from a telephone operator. This is a vital part of civilian defense work. The demonstration was at the October 1941 civilian defense show in Madison Square Garden, New York

Civilian defense. Who goes where and when is decided by the controller...

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Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty handy!" An old hand at fighting fires is explaining the use of the stirrup pump to a group of volunteer auxiliary firemen just beginning the training which will make them efficient emergency workers. New improved pumps will later be available to auxiliary firemen

Civilian protection. "Watch this closely, boys, it may come in mighty ...

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Civilian protection. This portable electric saw is one the useful tools carred by and powered from the emergency service truck. Here a member of a rescue squad (note the armband) is sawing through a timber to enable him to extricate a bombing victim beneath it

Civilian protection. This portable electric saw is one the useful tool...

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Civilian defense. Communications are as important in civilian defense as to an army in the field. Here a New York City defense worker is sending a message over the portable transmitter, which is powered by a dry cell

Civilian defense. Communications are as important in civilian defense ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Civilian protection. The spots of liquid vesicant must be neutralized with chloride of lime thoroughly scrubbed into the cracks of the pavement and the walks and surrounding area. Otherwise the area will cause casualties for days or weeks

Civilian protection. The spots of liquid vesicant must be neutralized ...

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Contact prints in original negative jacket. Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More ... More

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Contact prints in original negative jacket. Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More ... More

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

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Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Contact prints in original negative jacket. Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More ... More

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is ... More

Civilian defense in the United States

Civilian defense in the United States

Contact prints in original negative jacket. Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More ... More

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