WILL IT HAPPEN HERE?
Figure 1. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives Collection, “Will It Happen Here,” Poster, 1950’s.
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YOU BET YOUR LIFE
Figure 2. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, “You Bet Your Life”, Poster, 1950’s.
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Figure 3. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives “You Can’t Avert Disaster by Ignoring it…!”, Poster, 1950’s.
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Disaster May Never Occur Here
Figure 4. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, “DisasterMay Never Occur Here Poster”, 1950’s.
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“Disasters Occur In Peacetime Too. Don’t Wait For War….”
Figure 5. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, “Disasters Occur In Peacetime Too. Don’t Wait For War….”, 1950’s.
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CIVIL DEFENCE DEPENDS ON YOU
Figure 6. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, “Civil Defence Depends On You”, 1950’s.
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IT’S SOUND INSURANCE
Figure 7. Source: Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives, “It’s Sound Insurance”, 1950’s.
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About the Exhibit
This digital exhibition was created by Executive Director and Founder Fred Armbruster of the Canadian Civil Defence Museum
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge The Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives: Canada’s Cold War Museum for permissions for source materials. We also want to acknowledge Fred Armbruster as new artist, as he digitized the full collection. The collection now fully remastered gives Fred Armbruster the full copyrights on all Canadian Civil Defence Posters.
Exhibit planning team
Fred Armbruster
Trent Holmes
Rights statement
The Canadian Civil Defence Museum and Archives and Fred Armbruster are the rights holders for digital images in this exhibition.