model, bomb air raid shelter
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19760488-001
- Event 1945-1989 Cold War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made Circa 1970
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Documentary artifact
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1965/01/01
- Latest 1975/12/31
- Inscription (on first text panel): YOUR BASEMENT FALLOUT SHELTER; (on second text panel): WHY FALLOUT SHELTERS;THEY KEEP FALLOUT AWAY FROM YOU AND REDUCE RADIATION DANGER BY 99 PERCENT;THEY WILL PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE RADIATION DANGER DECREASES IN THE FIRST 48 HOURS TO 1/100 OF ITS EARLY DANGERS;THEY PROTECT YOU FROM EXPLOSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA;THEY PROVIDE THE MOST PROTECTION FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CANADIANS AGAINST THE GREATEST DANGER-FALLOUT RADIATION; (under crated lid: packing and display instructions.)
- Materials Steel, Fibreboard, Expanded cellular polystyrene
- Service Component Emergency Measures Organization
- Measurements Height 73.5 cm, Length 149.0 cm, Width 103.5 cm
- Caption Model, Bomb Shelter
- Additional Information According to the model's packaging, bomb shelters "provide the most protection for the greatest number of Canadians against the greatest danger of fallout radiation".