1. Notes: 32 / 2 years ago  from sarahb (originally from bluishorange)
    sarahb: bluishorange: This ubiquitous poster and indicator of substandard Caucasian interior decorating has a disturbing provenance. It was one of a series of three posters created by the British propaganda office during World War II, and the only one never displayed publicly. “‘The others were ‘Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might’ and ‘Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring us victory.’ The government plastered Britain with those two posters. But it held back ‘Keep calm’ for even more upsetting circumstances. “‘The plan was, it was to be displayed and it was to go up if Germany ever invaded [Britain].’” It was actually a call for British citizens to submit peacefully to Nazi rule. (via If The Lamp Shade Fits)

    sarahb:

    bluishorange:

    This ubiquitous poster and indicator of substandard Caucasian interior decorating has a disturbing provenance. It was one of a series of three posters created by the British propaganda office during World War II, and the only one never displayed publicly.

    “‘The others were ‘Freedom is in peril, defend it with all your might’ and ‘Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring us victory.’ The government plastered Britain with those two posters. But it held back ‘Keep calm’ for even more upsetting circumstances.

    “‘The plan was, it was to be displayed and it was to go up if Germany ever invaded [Britain].’”

    It was actually a call for British citizens to submit peacefully to Nazi rule.

    (via If The Lamp Shade Fits)

     

  2. Notes

    1. ultrapearl reblogged this from eatstarchmom and added:
      spanghew:bluishorange:...This ubiquitous poster and indicator of substandard Caucasian...
    2. eatstarchmom reblogged this from spanghew
    3. spanghew reblogged this from bluishorange
    4. fox-confessor reblogged this from thehauteculture
    5. hereinspain reblogged this from girlytree
    6. thehauteculture reblogged this from kafuka and added:
      Reading the history behind this sign is incredibly haunting, and equally powerful.
    7. kafuka reblogged this from girlytree
    8. incanto reblogged this from girlytree and added:
      That IS disturbing.
    9. lostthought reblogged this from bthny and added:
      While I have no problem with its meaning (panicking isn’t gonna get the Nazis out), I might not have put one of these up...
    10. hellocheney reblogged this from bluishorange and added:
      This is very cool to know. I have always wanted to get one of these posters but haven’t yet because, well, not too much...
    11. reflect reblogged this from myminutiae and added:
      I wonder if Annie’s grandpa has his den covered in these?
    12. dreambackwards reblogged this from sarahb
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    15. acceptanceworld reblogged this from sarahb and added:
      ‘Submit peacefully’? Or ‘try not to freak out, and stand together?’
    16. sarahb reblogged this from bluishorange and added:
      Edited to add: I’m entirely not sure I buy this, and don’t agree with the little “substandard interior decorating” dig,...
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