You Can Protect Yourself From... Radioactive Fallout

Artist Designer Unknown

Printer U.S. Government Printing Office Washington D.C

Date1955

Dimensions24 1/2 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.7 cm)
Linenbacked: 28 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (72.4 x 56.5 cm)

ClassificationsPoster

Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection

Terms

Object numberPH.6139

DescriptionDuring the 1950s and ‘60s, many European countries created information campaigns under the umbrella of Civil Defense to prepare their citizens in the event of nuclear war.
In the United States, these efforts were disingenuous; terrifying images of cities being obliterated were accompanied by instructions to “duck and cover” or simply run to the nearest fallout shelter—strategies that presume a means of survival where there could be none. This poster would have been displayed throughout the United States, directing citizens to seek information from their local civil defense director and attend a free course.

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