Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On a visual history



1939 April- Europe Prepares for War.

British Government commissioned three propaganda posters. Freedom is in Peril Defend It With All Your Might (400,000)

Your Courage Your Cheerfulness Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory (800,000)



June- posters prepared by an unknown designer.



August- off to the printers



September- copies distributed within 24 hours outbreak of war.

Keep Calm and Carry On- 2,500,000 printed to be used only in the event of a German invasion limited distribution.



2000 The poster resurfaces in a used book store in the north of England.

Believed to be one of only 2 surviving copies (Keep Calm and Carry On)



Barter Books printed off 500 copies- enough to plaster ceiling the Sistine Chapel



Sold out by 2001



2005

National newspaper publishes a copy of the print- the trend blows up! Barter Books starts selling 3,000 posters a week.



Popular Keep Calm Parodiea



Keep Calm and Cary Grant

Keep Calm and��_Oh Who Are We Kidding

Now Panic and Freak Out

Hide Ya Kids Hide Ya Wife

Keep Calm and Carrion

Change Words and Be Hilarious



Keep Calm and Carry On by Google Searches



2012



112,164 number of ���keep calm�۝ items listed on ebay.com

10,152 number of ���keep calm�۝ items listed on etsy.com

15 number of original Keep Calm posters brought into Antiques Roadshow by Moragh Tumbull, believed to be the only ���stock�۪ of the famous posters $1939 April - Europe Prepares for War British Government commissioned June - posters prepared by an unknown designer August off to the printers three propaganda posters KEEP CALM KEEP CALM YOUR COURAGE FREEDOM IS YOUR CHEERFULNESS IN PERIL YOUR RESOLUTION AND CARRY ON DEFEND IT WILL BRING AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT US VICTORY CARRY ON 800,000 2,500,000 400,000 September - copies distributed within 24 hours outbreak of war printed to be used only in the event of a German invasion limited distribution a visual history The poster resurfaces 2000 in a used book store in the north of England Believed to be one of only 2 surviving copies KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON BARTER BOOKS One of the largest secondhand bookshops in Britain Barter Books printed off 500 copies enough to plaster ceiling the Sistine Chapel Sold out by2001 Popular Keep Calm Parodies 2005 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON KEEP CALM CARRY ON KEEP CALM.. ОН WHO ARE KEEP CALM NOW PANIC AND AND FREAK CARY GRANT OUT National newspaper publishes a copy of the print - the trend blows up! Barter Books starts selling 3,000 posters a week WE NEWS KIDDING KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON CHANGE KEEP HIDE WORDS CALM AND YA KIDS AND BE HIDE CARRION HILARIOUS Keep Calm and Carry On by Google Searches YA WIFE 100 2012 80 112,164 number of "keep calm" items listed on ebay.com 60 10,152 number of "keep calm" items listed on etsy.com 40 number of original Keep Calm posters 15 brought into Antiques Roadshow by Moragh Tumbull, believed to be the only 'stock' of the famous posters. 20 this visual history brought to you by 2010 2011 2012 2007 2008 2009 Number of searches for Keep Calm and Carry On relative to the number of searches on Google normalized and displayed on a scale of 0-100 fibers google insights for search: Keep Calm and Carry On .com RRY