These photos were taken in Omaha, Nebraska. I have no information on these images except the captions that are on the back of the 8x10 prints. The images are displayed with the captions as they are written on the back of the prints. Any additional comments that I may ad will appear in emphasized text. I have split this series of images onto 3 pages.

Omaha, Nebraska-Page 1

Omaha, Nebraska-Page 2

These photos are probably the most interesting of the lot. The company on this page has stocked the shelter areas of it's dairy plant and farm with supplies furnished and prepared by the company. It appears that they even canned their own water in the 5 gallon buckets.

CD1207 - The Roberts Dairy Company General Office Building and milk processing plant. (17-20 May 1968) What classic, cool signage. I would love to see a color night shot of these signs when they were turned on.
Roberts Dairy is still in business today... http://www.robertsdairy.com/

  

Drinking Water Carton. Click the thumbnail to see a larger photo.

CD1202 - Mr. Ed Anderson, General Safety Director for the Roberts Dairy company, displays Civil Defense water cartons furnished for emergency use by paper fabricators. (17-20 May 1968) I found a drinking water carton on ebay in June of 2004. Click the thumbnail image to see a large photo of the water carton.

CD1203- Rosie Christopherson, Executive Secretary in the Roberts Dairy Company, examines cellophane covered bedding on triple tier bunks in the fallout shelter area. Bunks and bedding are furnished by the company. (17-20 May 1968) Wow! Talk about sheltering in comfort! The CD Museum materials auditor informed me that those are information packets attached to the upper left corners of the bunks.

CD1204 - Shelter supplies in Rober's Dairy Company's personnel fallout shelter were stocked by the company. Bessie Van Deusen, an executive secretary, examines water containers during a routine inspection. This shelter area has space for 36 employees and is ventilated and lighted by an emergency generator. (17-20 May 1968) Notice the Puffs tissue boxes on the left. Immediately below the Puffs boxes on top of the 4 larger boxes are 2 Bendix "Family Radiation Measurement Kits". The Bendix kit was sold commercially at the time.

CD1205 - Supplemental supplies provide by the company, stored in the Roberts Dairy Company's fallout shelter include cooking utensils and recreation items. (17-20May 1968) Nothing like a good game of Monopoly while waiting for the outside radiation levels to drop.

CD1215 - Portion of Roberts Dairy herd which will occupy the fallout shelter at the Roberts Dairy Company Farm in an emergency. Feed in silo in the background is protected from fallout while the silo remains undamaged. (17-20 May 1968)

CD1216 - Ventilators on top of the cattle fallout shelter at the Roberts Dairy Company Farm. (17-20 May 1968)

CD1218 - Under ground fallout and tornado shelter for the Roberts Dairy Company Farm employees. Large galvanized pipe exit in left foreground leads to emergency power plant, Shelter supplies are provided by the company. (17-20 May 1968) I have no idea what this caption is referring to about the "galvanized pipe."

CD1221- Fire extinguisher, first aid kit, stored water, and other supplies in personnel fallout shelter at the Roberts Dairy Company Farm. The meter on the wall, left of the door, is a trickle charger, which keeps emergency batteries fully charged. (17-20 May 1968) Check out those old cases of Pepsi on top of the water cans!

CD1211 - Roberts Dairy Company cattle shelter at the farm contains 6,000 square feet of floor space, sufficient for 200 head of cattle, food and water, and living space for the attendants. (17-20 May 1968)