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D131642-11
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- 1961-07-14 (Creation)
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This photograph taken for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association in July of 1961, at the height of the cold war, shows the relative comfort of life in a backyard fallout shelter. Furnished with shelves and benches made of plywood, the shelter has many of the supplies recommended by local civil defense authorities for survival including a portable radio, a first aid kit, instant coffee, and books and toys for the kids. Mrs. Frederick C. Pneuman reaches to turn on a battery powered radio while Richard and Marilyn Emmerick, neighborhood children, relax close by. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT 9-3-61, A-6)
Bombproof construction; Air raid shelters; Civil defense--Fircrest; Atomic bombs; Nuclear fallout; Children reading & writing; Children playing with toys; Children & radio;