Fallout Shelter Poster and Guide

A.: Metal black-and-yellow sign for a fallout shelter, featuring the circle-and-triangles symbol for a Civil Defense Fallout Shelter
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Metal black-and-yellow sign for a fallout shelter, featuring the circle-and-triangles symbol for a Civil Defense Fallout Shelter

Name/Title

Fallout Shelter Poster and Guide

Description

A - Metal black-and-yellow sign for a fallout shelter, featuring the circle-and-triangles symbol for a Civil Defense Fallout Shelter B - Guidebook for “Survival Under Atomic Attack” signed by Henry F. Schricker, Governor of Indiana. The booklet was sprinted from the official U.S. government booklet. Includes a paper with air raid safety instructions.

Use

B - guidebook for surviving an atomic bomb

Context

A - The fallout shelter symbol is similar to the trefoil (symbol for radiation warning), but it is a distinct design mostly due to the triangles not being rounded. B - Henry F. Schrricker served as governor of Indiana from 1941–1945 as the 36th governor, and from 1949-1953 as 38th governor

Collection

Found in collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.001

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Success Printing & Lithographing Co.

Date made

circa 1949 - circa 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Indianapolis

County

Marion County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

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Create Date

August 21, 2026

Update Date

August 21, 2026