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1959. Washington Warning Area Map I [and] Washington Warning Area Map II

  • Washington Warning Area Map I  [and]  Washington Warning Area Map II
  • Washington Warning Area Map I  [and]  Washington Warning Area Map II

Washington Warning Area Map I [and] Washington Warning Area Map II information:

Year of creation: 
Resolution size (pixels): 
 16880x16912 px
Disk Size: 
 83.6284MiB
Number of pages: 
 2
Place: 
 Washington, D.C.

Print information. Print size (Width x height in inches):
Printing at 72 dpi 
  234.44 х 234.89
Printing at 150 dpi 
 112.53 х 112.75
Printing at 300 dpi 
 56.27 х 56.37

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Washington Warning Area Map I  [and]  Washington Warning Area Map II

Nuclear War Evacuation Routes During The Cold War

1959 Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization map of Washington, D.C., published during the Cold War.

The map extends from Falls Church and Springfield, Virginia to District Heights and Randolph Village, Maryland. The map illustrates the civil authority's evacuation plan in the event of a nuclear strike, with the evacuation routes are overprinted through the city in red ink. Arrows along these routes indicate the direction of traffic flow.

Three different boundaries show the direction in which the evacuees were to travel. This map was created by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization and printed by the Government Printing Office in 1959.


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Item information:

Year of creation:
Size:
16880x16912 px
Disk:
83.6284MiB
Number of pages:
2
Place:
Washington, D.C.
$14.99

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