Crossing Guard, Declassified
2006
13 w by 20 in h
Digital Painting/Digital Collage
Based on a photo from the "Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project".
copyright J Kearns 2006
Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings
There's a reason for which I keep bringing up sex and Hanford
DDRS Record Details for Record Accession Number
"N1D0053447"
Accession Number N1D0053447
Document Number 1210-50-NEG-B
Alternate Document Number 1210-50-NEG
Title Description SWIMSUIT CLAD GIRLS WITH TRAFFIC SIGNS
Key Word(s) HANFORD SITE,TRAFFIC SIGNS
Document Date 05-Feb-2002
Public Availability Date 14-Jun-2002
I don't remember a single stripper standing between me and my school, but the Hanford Declassified archive would have us believe that Gypsy Rose Lee's blond cousin was called to duty to protect the children. That's because, apparently, the below billboard of a dead child sprawled across the desert highway was ineffective. Because no one in Hanford or Richland paid attention to anything but sex.
DDRS Record Details for Record Accession Number
"N1D0038856"
Accession Number N1D0038856
Document Number S-2697-NEG
Alternate Document Number S-2697-NEG
Title Description SAFETY BILLBOARD
Document Date 04-Dec-2001
Public Availability Date 14-Feb-2002
DDRS Record Details for Record Accession Number
"N1D0034440"
Accession Number N1D0034440
Document Number 1927-1-NEG-A
Alternate Document Number 1927-1-NEG
Title Description RADIATION SAFETY SIGNS
Document Date 10-Apr-1951
Public Availability Date 14-Feb-2002
Originally posted on my blog May 21 2006.
