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Image 1 — California state / Office of Civil Defense First Aid Kit

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California state / Office of Civil Defense First Aid Kit

Unknown dates. The hole in the wall surplus store I found it at, buried under other defense items told me the papers that accompanied the crate this was in had it listed at being from 1950 or 1960 I can’t remember the exact date he gave. No idea what year any of the supplies is actually from, but it definitely appears to be 1940-1960s. The tourniquet is wrapped up, as was the tape but I was able to buy opened examples to add from a separate kit.

u/Raftpnk — 6 days ago

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Interesting bit about the beginning of Civil Defense during the Cold War.

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.

u/krawlspace- — 9 days ago