Canned Drinking Water, 1945-1955
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The threat of nuclear annihilation hung over American society throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. The expectation was that people could actually survive a nuclear attack. People constructed fallout shelters in their basements and backyards across the country, and they were warned to stock food and water (like this can) to last seven days in case of attack.
The threat of nuclear annihilation hung over American society throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. The expectation was that people could actually survive a nuclear attack. People constructed fallout shelters in their basements and backyards across the country, and they were warned to stock food and water (like this can) to last seven days in case of attack.
Artifact
Can (Container)
Date Made
1945-1955
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Possibly packaged in California.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
90.276.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Henry J. Prebys.
Material
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Color
Gray (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4.875 in
Diameter: 2.688 in
Inscriptions
PROPERTY U.S. GOV'T | EMERGENCY | DRINKING | WATER Contract No. N383-155s-77754 | Specification No. MIL-W-15117A INTERNATIONAL PACKING CORP.
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