Threats of nuclear fallout were much on the public’s mind in the early 1960s. Here, youngsters Doug Drew and Donald Collins pose for their photo, having demonstrated they could survive a week in a simulated fallout shelter (with their parents’ permission and periodic contributions of food).
Daily Olympian photo, 1963, State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1986.43.63.6.18.7.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2019