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Air Raid Tests and Civil Defense Demonstration - Boston, Massachusetts
Air Raid Tests and Civil Defense Demonstration - Boston, Massachusetts, April 24, 1954 — Civil defense. Held by National Archives at Boston, Record Group 304: Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization. Title from accompanying material. Text from item: Metropolitan Boston Air Raid Test and Civil Defense Demonstration, April 24, 1954. Federal and local official renew acquaintance at Everett…
Document
- Type
- photograph
- Publisher
- National Archives at Boston
- Published
- 1954-04-24
- Published, as stated
- April 24, 1954
- Language
- en
- Media type
image/jpeg- Size
- 162471 bytes
- Preservation
- preserved
- Digest (SHA-256)
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Who wrote Air Raid Tests and Civil Defense Demonstration - Boston, Massachusetts, and who published it?
National Archives at Boston published it, 1954-04-24.
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Attested by: Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online, retrieved 5 September 2026, under No Copyright - United States.
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Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:document:air-raid-tests-and-civil-defense-demonstration-boston-massachusetts-4
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/document/air-raid-tests-and-civil-defense-demonstration-boston-massachusetts-4
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/document/air-raid-tests-and-civil-defense-demonstration-boston-massachusetts-4.json
- Version
- 1 · last changed 5 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- Digital Commonwealth — Massachusetts Collections Online — source of record
- License
- No Copyright - United States (public_domain)
- Retrieved
- 5 September 2026
- Source identifier
- commonwealth:h128rg31k
- Attribution
- National Archives at Boston
- Rights as stated
- No Copyright - United States — Unrestricted
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