St. Olaf College 3D object collection ➔ Office of Civil Defense fallout shelter medical kit-A
Objects
Issued: 1962 Single
9
items
A cardboard box filled with the following survival supplies: sulfadiazine tablets, sodium chloride; sodium bicarbonate; camouflaged muslin bandages; gauze roller bandages; surgical gauze pads; kaolin mixture with pectin; water purification tablets; white petrolatum; acetylsalicylic acid tablets; three containers of eye and nose drops; scissors; cascara sagrada extract; eugenol; surgical soap; wood tongue decompressors; an empty isopropyl alcohol container; wood cotton-tipped applicators; two containers of penicillin tablets; a cardboard box with a plastic pouch and a white syringe fountain handle; a sealed plastic pouch of 12 safety pins; and an empty and opened plastic pouch with a label inside that reads "FORCEPS, DRESSING" and "FORCEPS, SPLINTER, TWEEZER". Printed text on three sides of the box read, "SURVIVAL SUPPLIES | FURNISHED BY | OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE | MEDICAL KIT | A | 50 - 65 SHELTER OCCUPANTS | THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO NARCOTICS". One side has "PBR" handwritten over the text. Another side has a list of the included contents, and another has printed text that reads, "WT ______ | CF ______ | DATE PKD. ___" with "21 | 1 | 12/62 | SCAD" stamped next to it. The box shows age and tape marks.
A cardboard box filled with the following survival supplies: sulfadiazine tablets, sodium chloride; sodium bicarbonate; camouflaged muslin bandages; gauze roller bandages; surgical gauze pads; kaolin mixture with pectin; water purification tablets; white petrolatum; acetylsalicylic acid tablets; three containers of eye and nose drops; scissors; cascara sagrada extract; eugenol; surgical soap; wood tongue decompressors; an empty isopropyl alcohol container; wood cotton-tipped applicators; two containers of penicillin tablets; a cardboard box with a plastic pouch and a white syringe fountain handle; a sealed plastic pouch of 12 safety pins; and an empty and opened plastic pouch with a label inside that reads "FORCEPS, DRESSING" and "FORCEPS, SPLINTER, TWEEZER". Printed text on three sides of the box read, "SURVIVAL SUPPLIES | FURNISHED BY | OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE | MEDICAL KIT | A | 50 - 65 SHELTER OCCUPANTS | THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO NARCOTICS". One side has "PBR" handwritten over the text. Another side has a list of the included contents, and another has printed text that reads, "WT ______ | CF ______ | DATE PKD. ___" with "21 | 1 | 12/62 | SCAD" stamped next to it. The box shows age and tape marks.
Archives Work Area ➔ 250J
Archives Work Area ➔ 250F
Archives Work Area ➔ 250F
According to an article in The Manitou Messenger, plans for fallout shelters started in 1961 "when Congress appropriated funds to survey and stock suitable shelter locations with supplies". As of the article's publication, several buildings on campus were considered suitable fallout shelters. These supplies were likely part of this program.
Office of Civil Defense (related)
Survival and emergency equipment
Cold War
Civil defense
Fallout shelters
Cold War
Civil defense
Fallout shelters
pouches
safety pins
cardboard
boxes (containers)
gauze
medical applicator
eyedroppers
medicine bottles
boxes (containers)
gauze
medical applicator
eyedroppers
medicine bottles
safety pins
cardboard
boxes (containers)
gauze
medical applicator
eyedroppers
medicine bottles
boxes (containers)
gauze
medical applicator
eyedroppers
medicine bottles
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