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"You see I don't have any bit of it left, don't you?"

From Time magazine 7/10/1950. I've been reading the issues of Time as the Korean War was beginning. Several mentions of the uncertainty if this was the first conflict of WWIII or if atomic weapons would be used. A piece regarding the stand by War Powers Act had this to say about the burgeoning modern era of Civil Defense.

It's almost like it was made this way.

I can’t believe I still have all these old stickers that went on all the sirens that I built for my dad’s company (ACA)

Mother enjoys a Daniel Boone picture book with Junior. Beth Ann tells Teddy not to be frightened. Father scans the CONELRAD stations for news of radiation contamination and follow on Soviet bomber strikes. What a wonderful two weeks it will be.

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From the pamphlet Save Money on Your Shelter, State of New York Civil Defense 1961.

First time I've seen one like this I believe. It seems odd this would be with 3 color and not chocolate chip. Marines maybe? Or was ERDL held over for some units?

Way back in the dinosaur times a word was part of your phone number. Thought these might bring back some memories for folks.

Mutual of Omaha print ad from Time magazine, January 22,1951. Much of the information here was based on the data collected from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The nuclear arms race wasn't even two years old yet. The largest weapon the US had tested when this was printed was the 49 kt Sandstone Yolk shot on Enewetak. The first "Super" or thermonuclear shot was still 21 months away. While there was fear of a Soviet nuclear attack, there was still a feeling of survivability through evacuation, rescue, first aid, feeding, and clean up. We'd get knocked down sure. But we'd pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and wait for the survey men to call the all clear.

From the NY State booklet Protection from Radioactive Fallout.

Good news is that if your total dose is ~100 roentgens you can still make your weekly trip to the Piggly Wiggly glowing crater. On foot of course. Assuming the Civil Defense men have cleared the sidewalks of debris and corpses. Bad news is you'll definitely die at 700 roentgens so keep those pocket docimiters handy!

I'm sort of an accidental pencil collector. My primary focus is Detroit history, and I found myself picking up pencils here and there from Detroit businesses, schools, events, etc. I somehow developed a soft spot for pencils in general and enjoy saving vintage ones from the trash. These are the non-Detroit and non colored pencils (totalling about what you see here in number) I got from the estate of a WWII WAC officer who oversaw cryptographic radio communications. She was a bit of a hoarder and apparently a pencil aficionado. Saw this sub and figured some here might enjoy this oddball grouping.

A golden future awaits those who know....

April 1943 Popular Mechanics.