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Collection Summary
Collection: 00080 - Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Folder: 0017
Item: 00699
Title: Sixty-seven male volunteer World War II Air Raid wardens pose at Fraine Barracks, Bismarck, ND
Date: 1942
Creator: Risem Studio
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0080-box 01-file 10-05 has been changed to 00080-0017-00699, "E 69-0" encircled, "6 cols", "Front row: Staudt, Hanna, Holmes, Hohaus, Kurtz, T. Brown, (added in pencil- Hook, Brady, and J. Brown), Boise, Baird, Laskey, Edwards, Boyer, Pierce, Knudtson, Homan, Boltman, Chapman. Second Row: Newark, Moore, Douglas, Beterlsen, Cox, H. Brown, Palmer, Harmon, Tracy, Jenson, Smith, Giesler, Anderson, Reardon, Olson. Third Row: Nordley, Suchy, Morris, Papacek, Day, LeDuc, Thompson, Wangen, Hullinger, Breitmeyer, Dockter, Meidinger, Kunkel, Arman, Fisher, Hadley. Back Row: Gablemen, Carney, Sveen, Bork, Tavis, Thoen, Roberts, Furness, Johnstone, Lockner, Mosbrucker, Olson, Ejsing, Hanson, Bergeman, O’Leary, Tangen."
Summary: Sixty-seven men pose at Fraine Barracks for a group photograph of the volunteer force of World War II Air Raid wardens for the Bismarck, North Dakota area. After the events of Pearl Harbor, these citizen watch groups were formed around the United States. The picture was taken by the Risem Studio in 1942, and the surnames of the men are typed on the back of the picture. These names are, left to right: Front Row: Staudt, Hanna, Holmes, Hohaus, Kurtz, T. Brown, Hook, Brady, J. Brown, Boise, Baird, Laskey, Edwards, Boyer, Pierce, Knudtson, Homan, Boltman, Chapman. Second Row: Newark, Moore, Douglas, Beterlsen, Cox, H. Brown, Palmer, Harmon, Tracy, Jenson, Smith, Giesler, Anderson, Reardon, Olson. Third Row: Nordley, Suchy, Morris, Papacek, Day, LeDuc, Thompson, Wangen, Hullinger, Breitmeyer, Dockter, Meidinger, Kunkel, Arman, Fisher, Hadley. Back Row: Gablemen, Carney, Sveen, Bork, Tavis, Thoen, Roberts, Furness, Johnstone, Lockner, Mosbrucker, Olson, Ejsing, Hanson, Bergeman, O’Leary, Tangen.
Red ID: PH_I_145127 Image ID: 106163 Image Notes: 00080-box01-folder10-05

Collection: 00080 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1930-1980

Summary: Images used in the Bismarck Tribune newspapers from the 1930s-1970s.

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