Emergency Civil Defense Foods Stored on Campus

Creation Date

2-15-1963

Decade

1960

Photographer

Opal R. Lovett

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, College students -- Alabama, Jacksonville State University -- Students

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Description

The Civil Defense stored emergency food on Jacksonville State College (now Jacksonville State University)'s campus in February 1963. Survival supplies were delivered to Bibb Graves and Daugette Hall. Shown outside men organize barrels of drinking water near Bibb Graves Hall. Bibb Graves Hall was Calhoun County's largest fallout shelter capable of sheltering 1,710 people in case of atomic attack. Students shown helping, from left, were Wayne Ashworth, Bruce Ratliff, Jimmy Mikul, and Mike McGuire. (circa February 15, 1963)

Date Digitized

September 2015

Names of Persons Pictured

Wayne Ashworth, Bruce Ratliff, Jimmy Mikul, Mike McGuire

Source

JSU Photographic Services Negative Project

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

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Location

The original negative is housed at JSU McClellan Technical Information Center, Binder 44, Sleeve 18.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psn/psn1960/psn1960_58/PSN1960campus_17325.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 300 dpi. The file name is PSN1960campus_17325.tif; file size is 1.4 MB. Original image is 4 by 5 on celluloid diacetate/triacetate film stock