Wednesday, March 14, 2007
More forgotten
Dang...just found another couple pictures I meant to share...these courtesy of Kate, snapped on her little organizer machine a while back when we decided to take out and open a can of "Civil Defense Carbohydrate Supplement" that we found in the fallout shelter under the library. Circa 1966, public buildings had fallout shelters stocked with beds, water, first aid, and hard candy to keep survivors going for a while after the reds deployed a nuke. It's still down there, 40 years later, rotting away. Curiosity got the best of us and we had to see and taste what 40-year old government issue candy was like. Utterly disgusting. Lots of good stuff about shelters and their supplies at this site devoted to them. I wish these pictures did the candy container justice.
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LOL. I have a gold can that looks remarkably like yours. 35 pounds oc Civil Defense Carbohydrate Supplement, Societe Candy Co., Seattle, WA. My guess is candy companies all over the U.S. were asked to make these up for bomb and fall-out shelters. Your label says California, mine is Seattle and another site I stumbled upon is out of Atlanta. The candy is still good in mine dispite the rust building on the outside of the container. Well, good, when you consider its just rock candy. Cheers!
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