Outing Club
| Title | Outing Club |
| View | Hike, Evacuation Test 1 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Evacuation test hike of twelve miles. Members of the University of Chicago Outing Club listen as Jay Orear (left) details the route of the hike from Hyde Park's 57th Street and Woodlawn Avenue to Palos Park. The purpose of the hike is to determine the minimum time required on foot to reach safety in the event of an H-bomb attack on the city. Setting sights on a three-hour walk, left to right, front are: Mary Andrews, Elizabeth McGregor, Albert Nixon, Mrs. Jean Orear, and Eugenia Bernoff; rear: Philip R. Scholly, Charles Staples and David South. |
| Subject Terms | College students |
| Photographer | Mann; Chicago Sun-Times |
| Photograph Date | 1954-05-23 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.4 x 24.0 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01805 |
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