Description: Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center simulated emergency exercise, Dayton, Ohio, ca. 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01087
Subjects: Civil defense--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Dayton (Ohio)
 

Description: Civil defense volunteer unloads equipment from trailer-mounted electrical generator after tornado struck, Wheelersburg, Ohio, April, 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01086
Subjects: Civil defense--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Wheelersburg (Ohio)
 

Description: Ohio Civil Defense officials inspect Mobile Medical Station, Columbus, Ohio, June 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01084
Subjects: Civil defense--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Civil Defense workers evacuate "victim" during training exercise in Hamilton County, Ohio, ca. 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01088
Subjects: Civil defense--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Citizen-Journal Collection captioned on its reverse as "Personnel at the Civil Defense Air Raid Filter Center, 33 W. Gay St." in Columbus, Ohio. The three men in the top row are identified as spotters, and include (left to right) Staff Sergeant Alfred B. Brown, Sergeant Donald E. Witt, and PFC Gene A. Cooper. The men below are identified as (left to right) Lieutenant James M. Diley, Lieutenant Granville F. Miller, Private John A. Fisher, Second Lieutenant Tony C. Lombardi, and Phillip D. Hertenstein, ADM Supervisor. Beginning during World War II and into the Cold War, civilians volunteered as observers in the Ground Observer Corps, part of the nation's civil defense framework. These volunteers would report aircraft sightings to regional filter centers, which were staffed by both volunteers and Air Force members who would plot positions and flight paths. Information was then relayed to air defense centers for evaluation and identification of threats. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B17F01_15_01
Subjects: Civil Defense; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Cold War; United States Air Force;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inspection of survival supplies in public fallout shelter, ca. 1968. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01085
Subjects: Civil defense--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government
 

Description: "America Calling," a 1941 Office of Emergency Management poster promoting defense of the United States within its borders. It encourages civilians to get involved working with their local civil defense council. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04806
Subjects: World War II; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Ohio History--Military Ohio; War posters--Ohio; Civil defense--Ohio
 

Description: This kit was designed and manufactured by the D.E.S. Corporation of Newark, Ohio. It is intended to help the user survive the first 24 hours of a nuclear war by providing supplies that will allow him or her to reach a shelter without becoming contaminated by radiation. The promise: "You can survive if you stay alive." The kit includes a cloth mask to be worn over the mouth and nose, a plastic fallout coat, and plastic bags to wear over the shoes. These materials should be worn over one's clothing so that any fallout particles would collect on them. The kit also includes a water bag and halazone tablets for water purification, to keep the survivor hydrated until he or she could reach a shelter. When the survivor reached a shelter, he or she would remove their coverings and wash off any remaining fallout with the included Cashmere Bouquet soap and paper towel. The kit also contains a water bag and water purification tablets, and ration bars of Hershey's Tropical Chocolate, so that the survivor will have the energy to reach a shelter. The existence of this kit indicates the numerous business opportunities created by American concerns over security and safety during the Cold War. Included with the kit is a promotional sheet and an instructional booklet. The plastic red case has a carrying strap and a zipper opening at the top, the face mask is white cloth, the hooded coat is plastic and light purple, the water bag is made of tan card stock with a white twine tie and a clear plastic vial with Halazone tablets attached, the chocolate bars are made by Hershey with "Tropical" printed on the wrappers, the soap has its original packaging "Cashmere Bouquet", the foot coverings are clear plastic bags with white twine at the top for tightening. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3433_5967495_001
Subjects: Daily Life; Business and Labor; Cold War; Civil defense; Nuclear fallout; Nuclear weapons; Atomic bomb
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a portrait of a young man sitting in a chair with a shotgun on his lap, and his two dogs. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed “Ewing Brothers” and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06301
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Dogs; Other--Family History; Shooters of firearms; Photography--History; Civil defense; Clothing & dress
Places: Ohio; West Virginia