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Civil Defense Posters
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The posters in this assortment came from various sources. The poster with the "Civil Defense Week" title at the bottom I finally got in June of 2005 form an Ebay seller. My original of that poster had the title removed. The 'Get The Facts' poster at the bottom was 'rescued' from the floor of the Dallas Civil Defense warehouse while the warehouse was being cleaned out in 1981. The 'Fallout Can Reach Your Farm' poster was sent to me by an Emergency Management Coordinator in Michigan.
Civil Defense Bus/Subway Posters
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This type of poster I believe was intended to be displayed in those advertising display slots over the windows found on busses or subway cars. . These are short wide posters that measure approx. 10"x20" All of these posters except the white 'Training' poster were rescued from the Dallas CD warehouse like the two posters at the top of the page. I purchased the Training poster from an ebay seller.
Civil Defense Light-Up Display Transparencies
These are transparencies that go on the front of a light-up display box. The display box has a polarized film wheel that rotated in front of a circular florescent bulb. Each of these transparencies have polarized film attached to the back in certain locations to make sections of the artwork look like it's moving while the display is on. I haven't been able to find an original display box so I built my own. See the display box here. Polarized Light Display Box.
I have short small video samples of each transparency "in operation." The videos are about 1Mb in size and are in AVI format. The videos aren't the greatest quality but you can see the polarized light effects well enough to get the idea of what they look like when you see them in person. Some of the polarized film is peeling and brittle due to age on some of the transparencies so they have lost a little of their effect but they still work well enough to be seriously cool.
All of these transparencies, except one, belong to local emergency management official. The only one of these transparencies that is mine is the "Are Your Community Shelters Stocked..." transparency.
A very special thanks to Keith Wells for allowing me to photo and video the others.
Click on each transparency to see a larger version in a new window or you can click-through the transparency gallery by clicking the arrows on each page with the larger picture.
