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The Hochbunker (concrete blockhouse) at Schleißheimer Straße.
An air raid shelter built in 1942, renovated and still listed for civil defense, having room for 514 persons.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Read about the demise of the Civil Defense logo here: telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/12/the...
This volunteer fire station was built in 1925. I believe for a short time in the 1930s, the Hallettsville City Hall offices occupied the second story. It's nice to see the old covered fire/emergency siren tower still standing.
Dublin Civil Defence Unit's Command Vehicle - very NYPD-like! The wide-angle lens detracts from it's actual size.
(W. L. Hammond photo)
Woodland Fire Department
Woodland, California (Yolo County)
1955 GMC/Van Pelt 1000-GPM pumper
Sometime in the early 1960s, Denver came into range of Soviet ballistic missiles. By then, we were making Titan missiles and plutonium triggers as well as parts of the Gemini and Apollo programs. These and more were scattered at different locations along the Front Range. Underneath Cheyenne Mountain, the USAF completed their first round of building the underground command center expected to survive numerous nuclear detonations.
For civilians, the basements of large public and commercial buildings were thought to be adequate shelter from a nuclear storm. Across the land, they were stocked with emergency medical supplies, water and food stocks. All part of convincing the public, a few nukes would only be a temporary inconvenience.
We still get monthly tests of air-raid sirens around town. Most folks these days seem to think they are only about tornadoes.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/24 scale die-cast model cars in front of a real background.
Franklin Mint 1961 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon
Franklin Mint 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
1st Gear International Harvester Metro Civil Defense Van
Large square tin of “Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Cracker” containing 1,313 crackers, net weight 14 3/4 lb. Package in March 1963, millions of these rations were produced for use in domestic bomb shelters during the Cold War. Can is 9 1/4” square by 13 3/4” tall. Can is tin plated in good condition, unopened. May have leakage on bottom seam. Removed from the Madison Coffee Shop upon its closure on 12/31/2016. Donated by owner Jerry Davis on 1/5/2021. Found in the upstairs office under a desk when clearing the Madison Coffee Shop.
ACC# 2021.026.001
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(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
A poster from the 1950s seen in National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico
I remember practicing this when I was in grade school. I doubt my wooden desk and brick school would have afforded me real protection.
In the middle of the 20th century, this state hospital served as a regional center for the state's civil defense.
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that was a very long cold night my collegue and I had to wait and sit and watch over a civil protection building from midnight till 8 in the morning...
we saw foxes, hedgehogs and finally a superb sunrise...
taken in basel, switzerland, last year
I have the helmet pictured elsewhere www.flickr.com/photos/worldwar2man/33340476642, but I wanted to post this photo of a collection of items from the Air Raid Warden.
This photo includes an Air Raid Wardens Handbook printed by the Office of Civil Defense. There are also 3 armbands that are pretty worn. A volunteer Air Raid Service ID card is present as is an original Proclamation 19, dated October 1943. I have the back showing because of the interesting map of the west coast that shows all the counties with blackout restrictions. At the top right is an Air Raid Warden's report form to be filled out. All but the helmet were issued to a woman named Alvina Larson of Anaheim, California.
This is just some old junk to most people, and as always, my photographic skills or artistic abilities are not the point. This is just fascinating stuff to an old history teacher. I love showing this stuff to people and talking about WW-2.
The Home Front is a fascinating topic to research.
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