"Soil, Crops, and Fallout from Nuclear Attack," November 1962

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Artifact Overview

Written during the height of the Cold War, following the Cuban Missile Crisis, this pamphlet instructs farmers how to deal with farm lands and produce affected by a massive nuclear attack. It is written with the assumptions that a nuclear attack would be survivable, and the risks from radioactive contamination and those from food shortages, would need to be balanced.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Publication (Document)

Date Made

November 1962

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.268.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

"Soil, Crops, and Fallout from Nuclear Attack," November 1962