Up until recently, I only knew of one photo of Governor Volpe hanging a Fallout Shelter sign (the first in Massachusetts) at the Massachusetts State House on November 5, 1962.
However, the photo above, found on the National Archives catalog, shows Governor Volpe hanging a second sign on the front of the State House on the same date.
At it’s peak, the Massachusetts State House had at least 6 exterior signs and an unknown amount of interior signs. All exterior and interior signs, including the two the then Governor hung, have since been removed.
For more photo-op (as well as Average Joe) sign hanging photos, visit Bill Geerhart’s Conelrad Adjacent page.
-FFZ
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Above photo owned by the National Archives and retrieved on January 19, 2020 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75747687
I love the vintage photos of people hanging the signs. The new-old-stock Fallout Shelter signs are quite nice and still have a lot of that neat texture on the reflectorized parts. 🙂
Hi Jen.
Thank you for your comment. Those photos are unique and were used as an opportunity by governors to promote the fallout shelter program. To see photos of signs being posted in other states, visit Conelrad Adjacent at http://conelrad.blogspot.com/2010/08/fallout-shelter-sign-posting-images.html
I love that site. 🙂