Search results 1 - 6 of 6 for the tag Cold War
Abandoned base
This photograph of Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Launch Site Two at San Cristobal, Cuba, was taken on November 1, 1962, four days after Soviet Premier Nikita...
Atomic first aid
This public service advertisement, produced by the Advertisement Council in 1953, illustrates Cold War fears of atomic war. It advises people on what supplies to have...
Defending Cuba's skies
These Cuban soldiers were photographed in 1962 next to their four-barrel anti-aircraft guns during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Launch of the Titan
As part of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States following World War II, both countries sought to conquer space. Towards this goal, the United...
Quarantine of Cuba
In October 1962, a U.S. spy plane photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President John F. Kennedy decided to place...
Survival supplies for fallout shelter
In this 1961 photograph, a civil defense exhibit displays survival supplies for a fallout shelter. Designed to protect its inhabitants from nuclear, biological, or...
Search results 1 - 6 of 6 for the tag Cold War