May 23, 2019 - Sale 2510

Sale 2510 - Lot 195

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF FROM . . . RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. 1955.
29 3/4x19 1/2 inches, 75 1/2x49 1/2 cm. U.S. Government Printing Office, [Washington, D.C.]
Condition A-: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
The Federal Civil Defense Administration played to fear, elevating Cold War worst-case scenarios as a means of galvanizing the public into action. These posters were distributed across the country, with the blank area at the bottom being used for the names of local businesses that were supporting regional civil defense initiatives.