Safety Poster
Artifact ID1988.07737.01
Object Type
Poster
Maker
The Workers of Westinghouse Hanford
(Richland, WA)
Maker
United States Department of Energy
(Washington, DC)
Date
1981
Medium
Paper, Ink
Dimensions17 × 11 1/8 in. (43.2 × 28.3 cm)
Physical DescriptionA poster with a black and white photo of Ronald Reagan visiting Hanford in 1956. Reagan is wearing a suit and safety goggles while looking at a piece of machinery. Beneath the image is a printed message "protect your future... WEAR SAFETY GLASSES NOW! Mr. President: We were inspired by your visit in 1956 and haven't forgotten you... DON'T FORGET US!" surrounded by the handwritten signatures of multiple employees. In the bottom right corner is a stamp for the United States Of America Department of Energy Richland Operations Office.Historical NotePresident Reagan was featured in this Department of Energy Poster produced by the Richland Operations office, the main field office for the Hanford Site cleanup in southeastern Washington State. It shows a young Ronald Reagan wearing goggles while visiting Hanford’s nuclear reactor and plutonium processing facilities in 1956. It reminds employees "protect your future . . . Wear Safety Glasses Now!'' No one would guess that thirty years later, as president, Ronald Reagan would oversee the nation’s missile program and sign the SDI treaty, and the site ceased production under his administration. The donors, who worked at Richland at the time, signed on the poster.Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteThe item was a gift from a member of the general public to President Ronald Reagan during the Reagan administration. It was received through the Executive Office of the President Office of Correspondence and maintained there until its transfer to the National Archives in January, 1989 for deposit with the Reagan Presidential Library.
National Archives Catalog CollectionRecords of the White House Gift Unit (Reagan Administration) (National Archives Identifier 6816362) and
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from the General Public (National Archives Identifier 6816363)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Possibly
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Person Depicted
Ronald Wilson Reagan
(President of the United States of America (1981-1989))
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