Name: National School Fallout Shelter Design Competition Awards

Barcode: 58705

Image Number: 58705

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58705.0001

Brief Description: Spiral bound booklet featuring a design competition focused on the development of an elementary school and fallout shelter. The Grand Prize went to Ellery C. Green of Tucson, Arizona. Includes floor plans and concerns for nuclear war.

Publishing Location: Washington, DC

Author: American Institute of Architects

Publisher: "Esperos" EditionsOffice of Civil Defense,United States. Department of Defense

Date Published: Jan 24th, 1963

Language: English

Material Type: Paper

Dimensions: Cover: 22 x 28.5 cm, open: 22 x 56 cm

Historical Context: During the Cold War fallout shelters were built to protect people from nuclear fallout which were considered part of Civil Defense.

LC Call Number: TH 1097.A43 1963

OCLC: 747823595

Subjects: Nuclear energy