Office of Civil Defense Report on a Test of the St. Louis Attack Warning System
- Item sets
- Cold War St. Louis
- Title
- Office of Civil Defense Report on a Test of the St. Louis Attack Warning System
- Description
- This report describes a public participation test of the city's air raid sirens and emergency response procedures in the event of a nuclear attack. The report details the work done to inform and prepare the public for the test, including advertising and distributing rules to businesses and organizations across the city. The report also includes an assessment of how the test went once completed, including photos documenting the response to the test.
- Creator
- Office of Civil Defense
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Cold War
- Nuclear War
- Civil Defense
- Fallout Shelter
- Auxiliary Police
- Police Department
- Nuclear Weapons
- Temporal Coverage
- 1950 – 1959
- Spatial Coverage
- St. Louis
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Document
- Format
- Date
- January 16, 1954
- Source
- Civil Defense Museum
- Provenance
- Donated to Eric Green, creator of the online Civil Defense Museum, by the Holroyd Family after discovering it in the belongings of Jacqueline Mutz Holroyd upon her death in 2012.
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- This shape outlines the city of St. Louis, where the test was conducted.
- Media
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StLouisCDTest1954.pdf