Here is what's left of the junk after 2 months of digging and sorting. I spent about 50 to 60 hours total digging through the pile of stuff. I arranged what was left so the Job Corps folks would have an easier job of cleaning out the building. This picture was taken looking in from the entry door towards the south side of the building.

This is the north side of the building after my salvage job. This building had no climate control and wasn't completely sealed from the weather. Several of the cases were ruined by ants burrowing into them. All that is left here is junk to be thrown away.

I found these forgotten civil defense radiation kits in the pile of junk. These kits were still Texas Health Department property so I called the THD Bureau of Radiation Control and told them about the find. The state guys came up and picked them up before I was done and they were very appreciative that I told them about them. The Texas Health Dept. has a program that still maintains and calibrates a small inventory of the old Civil Defense instruments for emergency use.

Here are the first of the items I recovered. At left is a case of stretchers. This case was one of the cases ruined by ants. I salvaged 8 of these cases in good condition, still intact, never opened. On the right is a picture of one of the good stretchers I salvaged. These things were in immaculate condition. The canvas was still taught and like new. You can see the FCDA marking on the bottom. FCDA stands for Federal Civil Defense Administration. That would date the stretchers in the 1950's some time although the cases were dated in the 60's.