"Yellow Black And Rectangular"
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"Am I losing my mind?"
"What you have been seeing everywhere you look are those yellow and black signs used to indicate a fallout shelter in buildings."
- Negativland, from the album "Escape From Noise" (1987)
This file appears in: Civil Defense Control Center
Civil Defense Control Center
In the decade following World War II, the United States formulated a Civil Defense initiative that would attempt to preserve order during a nuclear attack.
In 1950, the Louisiana Legislature created the Civil Defense Agency and authorized each…