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Columbus High School Shelter Sign

  • 12/3/1962

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Description

This is a photograph of a fallout shelter sign in a doorway at Columbus High School in Boston, Massachusetts. This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2013 Summer Workshop at our Boston location.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers.

National Archives Identifier: 7419777

Full Citation: Columbus High School Shelter Sign; 12/3/1962; Fallout Shelters/Civil Defense 5/5/60 – 1/22/63, 5/5/1960 – 1/22/1963; Construction Project Photographs , 1927 – 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Record Group 77; National Archives at Boston (RE-BO), Waltham, MA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/columbus-high-school-shelter-sign/, April 7, 2026]

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