In cases where a sign was affixed with nails recently removed, a dirty or dusty square may be seen.īelow are some examples of exterior sign shadows as seen on buildings in the Boston area. Other times, a square pattern of different colored bricks are seen near an entrance door this was due to the sign covering the bricks and inhibiting weathering of the bricks and mortar. For exterior signs, if adhesive was used, four or five prominent dots of leftover adhesive are seen on an exterior wall in a square pattern. In some cases, good mason and repair work would remove marks, but this was not always true and some walls retained these shadows regardless.Ī sign shadow for a Fallout Shelter sign can generally be identified in a few different forms. As seen on this site, many signs remain on buildings to this day, but not to the extent that they did then.Īs signs were removed, shadows and evidence of their existence would sometimes remain on walls.
Photographic research suggests many buildings kept their signs throughout the 1980’s and into the mid 1990’s it was then that signs started to be removed more frequently. However, as time went on and the program fell out of favor, signs were removed as buildings were renovated or for other reasons (vandalism, stolen etc) in some cases, buildings were demolished outright and the signs went with them. After the National Shelter Survey began in 1961, and locations were identified that were thought to provide appropriate fallout protection, Fallout Shelter signs were placed on the exterior and most times, the interior of these locations.
0 kommentar(er)
