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- Description:
- Windows on north side of First Baptist Church, 235 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, Mich., taken during blackout.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Photo of Olds Motor Works taken from Olds Tower, time 9:00-9:30 PM. Blackout.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Calkins Paint Store, 500 Michigan Avenue East, Lansing, Mich., during surprise blackout. Time 9:00-9:30 PM. Covered Michigan Avenue and Cedar Street.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men involved in a blackout incident.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Defense officials and Mayor Hughes attend a blackout survey party following a surprise practice blackout. They are standing in front of a telephone bank.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men involved in a blackout incident. In the center front is an Ingham County sheriff, and some of the other men are wearing the Auxiliary Police insignia on their arm bands.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Lights burning in the Hatbox Store display windows, 335 S. Washington Ave., Lansing, Mich., during a blackout on August 12, 1942.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- A group of unidentified men, some in uniform or with Civilian Defense armbands, during a blackout.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- Three unidentified men review a document during a blackout.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
- Description:
- This collection consists of approximately 320 photographs from Lansing Civilian Defense preparedness activities, circa 1942 to 1944. Subjects include training and preparation for air raids, bombing, and blackouts; fundraising and recycling; Red Cross and medical preparation; communications including homing pigeons; public safety, police, and fire; vocational education; the draft; parades; and other related activities. The Civilian Defense Control Center was located in the old City Hall on the northeast corner of Capitol and Ottawa avenues. A poster showing all of the official United States Civilian Defense insignia can be seen <a href="https://images.northwestern.edu/multiresimages/inu:dil-23949900-48cb-43a0-9255-1788e52211ac">here</a>.
- Date Created:
- [1942 TO 1944]
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Lansing Civilian Defense
