Kit, Emergency: Hoboken Ready Preparedness Kit. (2013).

Object/Artifact

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Hoboken Historical Museum

insulated bag

insulated bag

Name/Title

Kit, Emergency: Hoboken Ready Preparedness Kit. (2013).

Entry/Object ID

2014.002.0009

Description

Emergency kit: Hoboken Ready Preparedness Kit. (2013). Assembled package sold locally at the Hoboken ShopRite Supermarket for residents to have available as home disaster preparedness. Created in response to impact of Hurricane (Superstorm) Sandy in Hoboken, October 2012, by ShopRite (901 Madison St.), City of Hoboken and Hoboken CERT [Community Emergency Response Team]. (This bag and its contents were on display during exhibition: Hoboken: One Year After Sandy, Lessons Learned about Preparedness, Resiliency, and Community. On view at Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St., Hoboken, October 29, 2013 - July 6, 2014. See archives 2014.002.0008 for a sign that was used with this kit.) Contained: -stick matches [matches not retained for collection] -portable lantern -hand crank AM/FM radio -First Aid kit -D and AA batteries (note: AA batteries only were offered as part of the kit; D batteries added by Museum staff for exhibit - considered essential for standard flashlights) [batteries not retained for collection] -glow stick -whistle [not present in photo] -insulated bag ==== ==== ---- tool kit / supplies / emergencies / communications /

Acquisition

Accession

2014.002

Source or Donor

Staff / Collected by

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Made/Created

Date made

2013

General Notes

Note

Display Value: Fair Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-09-25