A new book explores the history of the “Keep calm and carry on” poster, revealing how a WWII propaganda tool from 1939 turned into a meme.

A new book explores the history of the “Keep calm and carry on” poster, revealing how a WWII propaganda tool from 1939 turned into a meme. CNN values your feedback 1.

The bearded, bespectacled Stuart estimates that they've sold 100,000 to 200,000 "Keep calm" posters, about a third of them to Americans. The store has also branched out with "Keep calm" magnets, ...

The millions of "Keep Calm" posters were pulped after 1940 because of a wartime paper shortage. Only the Manleys' copy and one other were known to exist until 2012, when Antiques Roadshow ...

Mr Atterbury told her on the show: 'We see that red and white poster - "Keep Calm and Carry On" on mugs, tea towels - it's become a sort of universal phrase. ' The actual background to this famous ...

Now seen plastered on products across the world, an original wartime 'Keep Calm and Carry On' poster is being sold for £21,250 at the Art & Antiques Fair in Olympia this week.

“Things like ‘Keep Calm and Carry On,’ people still reference these for a reason,” Mr. Fairey said. “These posters are powerful, emotional, and somewhat universal.

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The poster set is estimated to sell at up to £6,200. The "Keep Calm, Carry On" poster was one of three motivational designs created by the British government before World War II.