The designer of the single most identifiable sign of the cold war—and my childhood—has died.

In the 1960s, they seemed to be everywhere. Churches, department stores, apartment buildings, schools, firehouses, libraries, and telephone switching facilities all sported the bright orange-yellow and black signs. Signs were distributed by the United States Office of Civil Defense and marked the public fallout shelters for the general public to use should Russia drop “the… Continue reading The designer of the single most identifiable sign of the cold war—and my childhood—has died.

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