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Key to CSI timeline
All artifacts, excluding sculpture and Virginia Hall's DSC, property of the CIA Museum
German Enigma Enciphering Machine WWII
Special Forces' Wings WWII
Virginia Hall's Distinguished Service Cross WWII
(Courtesy of Lorna Catling)
OSS/Early CIA Time Stamp
ca.1945
On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961
The CIA Under Truman
Venona: Soviet Espionage and the American Response, 1939-1959
Selected Estimates on the Soviet Union 1950-1959
Sign, North Building,
Original CIA Headquarters,
2430 E Street, Washington, D.C.
ca. 1950
Corona: America's First Satellite Program 1960
Air America Cap
ca. 1960
Pneumatic Tube System, Original Headquarters Building
ca. 1963
The CIA and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974
Winter Hat, Soviet Military ca. 1980
Minox ‘Model B' Camera 1948-1972
Soviet Infrared Night Vision Device
ca. 1970s
Intentions and Capabilities: Estimates on Soviet Strategic Forces, 1950-1983
At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991
Canteen, Iraqi Military ca. 1991
Helmet, Iraqi Military ca. 1991
Caltrop (tire spike) 1991
The Day the Wall Came Down, ©1991
by Veryl Goodnight,
Berlin, Germany
Studies in Intelligence
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer, Jr. 1999
In June 2002, the CIA commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Office of Strategic Services with a special publication of Studies in Intelligence and a new legacy exhibit on the OSS in the CIA Museum.