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Archive Home > 2011 > October > 02 > Long-secret fallout shelter was a Cold War Camelot

Long-secret fallout shelter was a Cold War Camelot

By Lizette Alvarez / The Bulletin
October 2, 2011

PEANUT ISLAND, Fla. — A nuclear bomb shelter was a must-have in the 1950s and ’60s.

Magazines displayed backyard do-it-yourself versions. Castro Convertibles pitched its foldaway “jet beds” as bunker-ready. And a pair of publicity-savvy newlyweds actually....

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