Office of Civil Defense Radiation Meter
- Item sets
- Cold War St. Louis
- Title
- Office of Civil Defense Radiation Meter
- Description
- This device was used to measure levels of gamma radiation, which can cause cancer in humans. This piece of equipment was formerly owned by the St. Louis Police Department.
- Creator
- Victoreen Instrument Company
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Cold War
- Nuclear Weapons
- Nuclear War
- Radioactive Fallout
- Nuclear Fallout
- Civil Defense
- Police Department
- Public Health
- Temporal Coverage
- 1960 – 1979
- Spatial Coverage
- St. Louis
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Object
- Format
- jpg
- Date
- ca. 1960-1975
- Is Part Of
- MHS Objects Collection
- Identifier
- 2012-145-0003
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- This shape outlines the city of St. Louis, where the item was most likely used.
- Media
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radiation meter.jpg