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Keep Calm and Carry

On (Keep Calm and Carry On) is a poster produced by the British government in 1939 at the beginning of World War II. The poster was originally intended to boost public morale in response to the Nazi occupation of Britain. Due to its limited circulation, the poster was initially unknown. It was discovered in 2000 and printed and distributed by many businesses as a decorative theme for products. By the end of 2012, 15 posters printed that year had been collected.

This poster was originally produced by the British Ministry of Information in the early days of World War II [1] to boost the morale of the British public when war came. At that time, more than 2.5 million copies were printed by the Nazis. Since this poster was expected to be used after the Nazis occupied Britain [2], the actual number of this poster distributed and used was very limited. [3] This poster is one of a series of three posters, the other two being "Freedom Is In Peril, Defend It With

All Your Might" Defend it) (***400,000 copies printed) and "Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness,

Your Resolution Will Bring Us

Victory" (Your courage, your optimism, Your determination will bring us victory) (***Print 800,000 copies). The two posters were widely printed as the Ministry of Information anticipated low public morale in the first weeks of the war. [4]

The plan to print posters began in April 1939. The poster design was finalized in June and printed in August. It was expected to be put into use immediately within 24 hours of the outbreak of war. The design wanted to have a unified style for the Ministry of Information, with a font that was easy to recognize and to make people feel that the message came from the king, so an image of a Tudor crown was placed at the top of the poster. The poster text was conceived by public officials to reflect "the personal responsibility of every citizen" and is direct and easy to understand. Better known during the war are the "Your

Courage" posters from the same series, which were the first posters produced by the British Ministry of Information. [5]

2 Rediscovery and Commercialization Editor

A "Keep Calm and

Carry On" poster in 2000 in Northumberland, England Found in Barter Books, a second-hand bookshop in Alnwick. Under British copyright law, the poster has entered the public domain after 50 years as a government-produced work of art. The bookstore's owners, Stuart and Mary Manley, therefore made multiple copies of the poster at the request of their customers. The pattern subsequently became popular on retail merchandise such as clothing, teacups, and doormats, and also spawned many derivative works of the poster.

"The Economist" believes that this nostalgic poster reflects the typical British character. The reason for its popularity is that it directly reflects the image of the British imagined by the people: low-key, brave and slightly rigid, able to The character who makes tea as usual during the bombing. [6] This poster also became popular during the 2007 financial crisis. The poster is displayed in the staff rooms of many British hospitals, and its slogan has been adopted as an unofficial slogan by British nurses. The poster is also displayed in the Prime Minister's Strategy Department at No. 10 Downing Street and in the Office of the Lord Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace. The Manleys sold 41,000 copies of the poster between 2001 and 2009.