The Family Fallout Shelter
Artifact IDMO 2006.15.1
Object Type
Pamphlet
Date
June 1959
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Medium
Printed paper
Dimensions16 pages
Physical DescriptionBooklet published by the United States government office of Civil and Defense Mobilization on how to construct a shelter to protect families against radiation fallout in the event of an enemy attack. Booklet includes illustrations of construction drawings (do-it-yourself and contractor versions) on how to build 5 types of fallout shelters: underground, basement, aboveground. Booklet includes a shelter supply checklist.
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteDonor's father used this instruction booklet to build a bomb shelter at his home at 143 Chapin Road in Hudson, MA in the early 1960's. His family remembers using this shelter during the Cuban Missile crisis in October of 1963.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of Victor Eugene Dyer II
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPost Presidential Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676966)
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