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- OBJECT TYPE
- Fallout shelter
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0169.001
- MANUFACTURER
- U.S. Dept. of Defense
- MODEL
- C
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cardboard box with contents including synthetic, cotton, muslin, glass, wood, metal and various medications, cleansers and pharmaceticals
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 74.5 cm
- Width
- 50.0 cm
- Height
- 38.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Medical equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defense US
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- District of Columbia
- Period
- Unused, but packed in February 1963; the pharmaceuticals expired in August and October of 1967
- Canada
-
None. This kit is American made and intended for use in the U.S. - Function
-
A large medical kit contained in a cardboard box, consistiing of medicines and supplies for use in a fallout shelter for 300-325 people. - Technical
-
An example of a large, basic medical kit compiled for a single purpose: to supply medications and medical supplies to several hundred people isolated in a fallout shelter for an unspecified period in the event of a nuclear war. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black lettering on front reads ‘SURVIVAL SUPPLIES/ FURNISHED BY/ OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE/ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE/ CD [logo] MEDICAL KIT CD [logo]/ C/ 300-325 SHELTER OCCUPANTS/ THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO NARCOTICS’/ Black lettering on opposite side reads ‘DOD – OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE/ FALLOUT SHELTER MEDICAL KIT/ KIT C – 300 – 325 SHELTER OCCUPANTS’, ‘NOMENCLATURE UNIT ISSUE/ ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID, TABLETS, USP. 5 GR. 1000s (ASPIRIN) BOTTLE 3/ CASCARA SAGRADA EXT., TABLETS, (LAXATIVE) N.F., 4 GR., 100s BOTTLE 6/ EUGENOL, USP, 1 OZ. (TOOTHACHE REMEDY) BOTTLE 1/ EYE AND NOSE DROPS. 1/2 OZ. BOTTLE 18/ ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, N.F., 1 QT. (DILUTE FOR RUBBING ALCOHOL) CAN 6/ KAOLIN AND PECTIN MIXTURE, 1 PT. (DIARRHEA MEDICINE) BOTTLE 6/ *PENICILLIN G. TABLETS, USP, 250,000 UNITS, 100s BOTTLE 12/ PETROLATUM, WHITE USP, (PETROLEUM JELLY) CAN 3/ *PHENOBARBITAL TABLETS, USP, 1/2 GR., 1000s BOTTLE 3/ SOAP, SURGICAL, 1-3/4 OZ. WITH 2% HEXACLOROPHENE (SUSBSTITUTE FOR ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION) CAKE 36/ SODIUM BICARBONATE, USP, 1 LB. (BAKING SODA) CAN 2/ SODIUM CHLORIDE, USP, 1 LB. (TABLE SALT) BOTTLE 2/ SULFADIAZINE TABLETS, 7-1/2 GR. 1000s BOTTLE 3/ WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS, 50s BOTTLE 12/ DRESSINGS/ BANDAGE, GAUZE ROLLER, 2” X 6 YD., 12s PACKAGE 6/ BANDAGE, MUSLIN, TRIANGULAR, 37 X 37 X 52” EACH 6/ COTTON, PURIFIED, 1 LB. PACKAGE 3/ PADS, GAUZE SURGICAL, 4 X 4”, 200s PACKAGE 6/ OTHER/ APPLICATOR, WOOD, COTTON TIPPED END, 1/2 X 6”, 100s PACKAGE 6/ DEPRESSOR, TONGUE, WOOD, 100s BOX 3/ FORCEPS, SPLINTER, TWEEZER 3-1/2” EACH 1/ PIN, SAFETY, 1-1/2”, 12s PACKAGE 12/ SCISSORS, POCKET, STRAIGHT, 4”, DOUBLE BLUNT EACH 3/ SYRINGE, FOUNTAIN, PLASTIC AND ATTACHMENT EACH 1/ THERMOMETER, HUMAN, CLINICAL, ORAL, STUBBY BULB, WITH CASE EACH 4/ FAMILY GUIDE – EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE MANUAL EACH 3/ INSTRUCTIONS: SHELTER MANAGERS EACH 3; SPECIAL MEDICINES EACH 3; BASIC SUPPLIES EACH 3/ *USE LIMITED TO ALLIED PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS/ EXPIRATION, SHELF LIFE/ OCT 1967 PENICILLIN TABLETS/ AUG 1967 SULFADIAZINE TABLETS/ AUG 1967 PHENOBARBITOL TABLETS/ NOTICE TO SHELTER MANAGERS/ READ ENCLOSED INSTRUCTION SHEET’/ Black lettering on end reads ‘300-325/ SHELTER OCCUPANTS’, ‘SURVIVAL SUPPLIES/ FURNISHED BY/ OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE/ DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’, ‘MEDICAL KIT C/ CD [logo] THIS UNIT CONTAINS NO NARCOTICS CD [logo]’/ Black lettering on opposite end reads ‘WT 94/ CF 5/ DATE PKD. FEB63’
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- Natural brown cardboard box with black markings and symbols and darker brown paper tape.
- Decoration
- N/A
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