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COLD WAR / CIVIL DEFENSE EXHIBIT |
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Silent Heroes of the Cold War (SHCW) National Memorial Committee are proud to announce the creation of the Cold War / Civil Defense Exhibit. This exhibit is slated to open October 2003 at the Desert Research Center located on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibit will be on displayed for approximately twelve months, after which it will become a traveling exhibit. The following pictures illustrate just a few items included in the exhibit. | |
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The purpose of the Silent Heroes of the Cold War nonprofit corporation is to promote and encourage patriotism by preserving cold war history. Americans must never forget that even in a secret and covert war, such as the cold war, thousands of American’s lost their lives. The Cold War was the most dangerous conflict our world ever faced. We must also never forget that fear and paranoia nearly brought two powerful nations to the brink of destruction. The day we forget the lessons of the cold war may be the day we no longer exist as a nation. | |
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CIVIL DEFENSE GEIGER COUNTER |
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Pictured is a civil defense geiger counter manufactured by Victoreen Instrument Company Cleveland, Ohio. These survey meters were stored in bomb shelters and civil defense supply stashes around the country. Geiger counters would be used in a post nuclear world to monitor fallout radiation. | |
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FAMILY RADIATION MEASUREMENT KIT |
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Manufactured by Bendix Corporation of Cincinnati Division. This Family Radiation Measurement Kit contains: (1) Dosimeter / Ratemeter Charger, (2) Dosimeters, (1) Size D Eveready Battery. Dosimeters are used to measure fallout after an atomic attack. |
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CIVIL DEFENSE RECEIVER / TRANSMITTER |
GONSET COMMUNICATOR II |
This transmitter / receiver was used to link one of many Los Angeles County civil defense fallout shelter command centers to other fallout shelters. And special thanks to Emily, a kind visitor to our website, we now know that this Gonset AM radio operated in the 6 meter band (50-54 Megacycles). The range was approximately 20 miles depending on terrain and antenna height.
Manufactured by Gonset Corporation circa 1950 | |
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RUSSIAN ICBM LAUNCH KEYS |
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As the cold war drew to a close the former Soviet Union was disbanded. With the brake up of the Soviet Union the Russian nuclear program had to be dismantled. Pictured are two Russian launch keys now obsolete since the ballistic missiles they controlled have been destroyed. Similar to the launch sequence used in the United States, the Russian nuclear procedure also required two keys turned simultaneously by two separate individuals to affect a successful launch. |
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Exhibition Items |
1) CD Air Raid Siren (Siren removed from Vegas Verdes Elementary School)
2) CD Survival Biscuits in Tin (plus 2 cans of CD rations)
3) Two Civil Defense "Bomb Shelter" signs
4) Russian "Hush" sign (reproduction of Russian propaganda sign)
5) Family Dosimeter set (2) chargers and (5) pocket dosimeters plus (4) empty boxes.
6) Six Necklace Dosimeters
7) Two CD arm bands used by CD Corp.
8) CD Albany County New York police badge
9) 1950’s photograph Las Vegas Fremont St. with mushroom cloud (copy) 8”x10”
10) Miss Atomic Bomb photograph. (copy) 8”x10”
11) CD Siren Ads. (copy)
12) KGB "Secret Police" patch (original)
13) Air America patch (original)
14) Russian Ruble & Russian coins (cold war currency)
15) Bank of Indonesia bill (cold war currency)
16) Rare CD booklets used for educational purposes circa 1950’s.
17) CD Medical Tags (original bomb shelter supplies)
18) White plastic CD Helmet issued to CD Corp circa 1950’s
19) Three lapel pins (russian)
20) A-Bomb Nuclear Yield Circular Slide Rule (US)
21) Fall Out Predictor (US)
22) Poster of Enola Gay signed by Capt. Paul Tibbets
23) Air Raid Instruction Sheet with Removable Cards original circa 1950’s.
24) Three CD Cans of Water
25) Fifteen CD yellow Geiger Counters
26) Litho of C-54
27) CD Medical Wooden Box with medical supplies (bomb shelter supply 1950’s)
28) Russian Propaganda Posters (reproductions on photographic paper)
29) Strategic Air Command Patch / Tactical Air Command Patch
30) Milliamperes Meter- fabricated by Harold Silent, passenger of USAF 9068
31) Various Uranium Samples
32) Russian Gas Mask GP4 (original) Cold War artifact.
33) Pictures of CD Sirens (copies on photographic paper)
34) CD Location Cards (original bomb shelter supplies 1950’s)
35) Tin Can containing Cold War Survival Crackers
36) Two dozen Uranium Marbles used to test Geiger Counters.
37) 16" x 20" Atomic Bomb Painting by Von Taylor.
38) Trinitite sample (1st A-bomb desert sand to glass)
39) Atomic Bomb Radiac Slide Rule (British)
40) Berlin Air Lift Medallion
41) U2 model (museum quality in wood)
42) C54 model (museum quality in wood)
43) USAF 9068 yoke (On loan from D. Brown)
44) USAF 9068 radio
45) Cold War Berlin Map illustrating the Berlin Wall (original)
46) USAF 9068 1955 Rescue photo and 1955 official accident picture (original)
47) USAF 9068 Propeller and plaque
48) Comic Book Hiroshima (original comic book by Hiroshima survivor)
49) CD Water Storage Drum with toilet seat
50) Comic Book CD "The H Bomb and You"
51) Two Russian Military Radioactive Geiger Counter (original)
52) Russian Chemical Test Kit (original cold war era)
53) Two Atomic Blast Goggles
54) Gonset Communicator II
55) C54 Photograph 8"x11" (original)
56) Atomic Survivor Capsule (original CD item sold to general public 1950’s)
57) CD Comic Book used to educate (original 1950’s)
58) US Military Geiger Counter
59) CD Arial Geiger Counter
60) Three bomb shelter CD metal first aid boxes.
61) Nine Pocket dosimeters
62) CD early films like "Duck & Cover" on DVD format.
63) Three CD 1950’s tube table radios with CD markings
64) CD Official Corp. Card
65) Children’s cold war books (US) used for education in 1960’s
66) Two sets of Russian Nesting Dolls (Russian cold war leaders)
67) Silver 1 Troy Once Franklin Mint Nuclear Bomb on Japan
68) US Military Dosimeter
69) Six Survival Paks made in Las Vegas (bomb shelter supply)
70) Print of Nuclear Explosion in Washington D.C.
71) Russian Transmitter Radio
72) Two Russian Atomic Slide Rule to determine blast distance, yields, radioactivity.
73) CD Lantern 1950’s
74) Cold War Service Medal
75) Four Original Civil Defense Photographs
76) Two unique cold war Geiger counters sold in department stores
77) Lenin Original Painting
78) Bomb Shelter plans. (Fallout poster)
79) Two 8"x10" original oil paintings of nuclear explosions by Von Taylor.
80) Three dosimeter rechargers
81) Four CD Geiger Counter earphones.
82) Gonset Communicator III
83) Twenty-five Russian Nuclear CD Posters 24" x 34" also on computer disc
84) CD Camera and portable studio
85) Russian Above Ground Testing Goggles
86) CD School Book Cover
87) Russian Dosimeters
88) Cold War Medal
89) CD 2-way radio
90) CD Commander Uniform / with CD lapel pins
91) Russian ICBM Launch Keys
92) CD Fatality record sheet
93) 1961 CD Motorola 2 way base station
94) CD Bus / Taxi posters
95) CD Evacuation Road SignCD = Civil Defense | |
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SPECIAL THANKS! |
SHCW would like to thank the following individuals who have helped make this exhibit possible by donated items: John Adams - Edmonton, AB Canada
Charles Kevin Starnes - Edwardsville, IL 62025
Von Taylor - Savannah, GA
Tracy Hosfelt - Steubenville, OH
Dave Baines - Nashua, NH
Harold Roberts International Uranium Corp. Denver, CO
Derik Bowers - Hagerstown, MD
Larry J.Almeida - New Bedford, MA
Frank Kimber - Mesa, AZ
Charles E Snyder, Jr. Major USAF (retired) - Bowie, MD
Chris Anderson - Roswell, NM
Christopher Squires - Fredericksburg, Virginia
Joseph Bell - Tombstone, Arizona
Jeffrey Meffert Col. USAF MC - San Antonio, Texas
Mark C. Butera
Will Wright - Orinda, California
Bill Loiselle - Ontario, Canada | |
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