FACTS ABOUT FALLOUT
Federal Civil Defense Administration, National Archives (1955)
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Below is Facts About Fallout, an eight-page civil defense pamphlet on fallout published by the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1955.  (Small images appear first; click on any page, or simply scroll down, to see full-size versions of each image.)  At the bottom of this page there are also three photographs of government-suggested fallout shelter designs and a "Fallout Shelter" sign.

The pamphlet is courtesy the National Archives, as are the three photographs of the fallout shelters (courtesy the Federal Emergency Management Agency).  The image of the "fallout shelter" sign is courtesy the Environmental Protection Agency.

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