Keywords: mapes
Item 28919
Maine Civil Defense Rescue Truck, 1954
Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.