Sign
- Title:
- FALLOUT SHELTER
- Object Name:
- Sign
- Object ID:
- 1997.500
- Date:
- 1950-1960
- Description:
- Sign, galvanized steel, from basement of New Hampshire Historical Society building. Vertical rectangle. Yellow reflective paint on black background: "FALLOUT SHELTER", with trefoil symbol (three triangles) above. Applied yellow paper arrow pointing to left. Yellow lettering at bottom: "DOD FS NO. 2 (NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR USED WITHOUT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERMISSION)". Four holes for mounting. Adhesive residue on reverse.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-14 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- The sign was on the basement wall in the New Hampshire Historical Society building at 30 Park Street. It was removed in 1997. The basement was a designated shelter until the 1970s. Shelter supplies were stored there until the early 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Fallout shelters, Civil defense, Nuclear bomb shelters, Nuclear war
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