You Can Protect Yourself From... Radioactive Fallout
Artist
Designer Unknown
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)
Linenbacked: 28 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (72.4 x 56.5 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
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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