Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 21, 1959
Caption:
LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS: Even before Thanksgiving Ann Arbor's downtown area is taking on a look of Christmas as city workmen yesterday began festooning business district streets with holiday decorations.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 16, 1959
Caption:
HOW PEOPLE REACTED TO TEST: A good many pedestrians paid no attention whatsoever (top picture) to Civil Defense officials' pleas to take cover during yesterday's alert. On the other hand (bottom) some people at least moved inside buildings during the test.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 21, 1958
Caption:
READY FOR ALERT: Two police officers put barricades in place at Washington and Main Sts. as sirens warn motorists and pedestrians in downtown Ann Arbor of a "bomber attack." The parked cars have been deserted by motorists who were instructed to go into nearby stores during the five minute test.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 22, 1958
Caption:
CITIZENS TAKE COVER: These people are waiting in Peck's Drug Store on Main St. for the end of the "take cover" signal which was denoted by the blowing of sirens during yesterday's Operation Alert, 1958, a Civil Defense test. All persons on the streets in a four-block downtown area during the five-minute alert were herded by police into nearby stores.