We Asked Toronto to Remix Wartime Posters for the Current Moment — See the Amazing Results
“All the signs of support in our city during the pandemic have been truly inspiring. Also, they made me think of the many wartime posters held in our Baldwin Collection of Canadiana in Special Collections. Both today’s signs and these vintage posters capture key moments in history.
We turned to the Toronto subreddit (a social media forum) to ask Torontonians to adapt these wartime posters to speak to the new historic moment we’re currently in.
Out of 66 remixed posters, we picked 16 to highlight below. To everyone who contributed, thank you!
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3Original poster (left): Canada Food Board, 1914
Remix poster (right): u/Pringlulz, 2020
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Original poster (left): National War Finance Committee, 1943
Remix poster (right): u/anamarg, 2020
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Original poster (left): National War Finance Committee, 1941
Remix poster (right): u/Desitos, 2020
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Original poster (left): Canadian Patriotic Fund, 1914
Remix poster (right): Heather Scott, 2020
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Original poster (left): Victory Loan Dominion Publicity Committee, 1918
Remix poster (right): u/zeekayart, 2020
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Original poster (left): Victory Loan Dominion Publicity Committee, 1914
Remix poster (right): u/MedurraObrongata, 2020
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Original poster (left): Central Recruiting Committee, 1914
Remix poster (right): Alan Collier (host of Our Science podcast), 2020
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Original poster (left): Director of Aircraft Production, 1940
Remix poster (right): Tafelmusik, 2020
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Original poster (left): McLaren, 1941
Remix poster (right): u/etc-etc-, 2020
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Original poster (left): Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1918
Remix poster (right): u/StetCW, 2020
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Original poster (left): Victory Loan Dominion Publicity Committee, 1918
Remix poster (right): Dionysus (u/psychedDionysus) 2020
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Original poster (left): Arthur Keelor, 1914
Remix poster (right): @dusanvf, 2020
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Original poster (left): Wartime Information Board, 1945
Remix poster (right): @kristupha, 2020
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Original poster (left): Central Recruiting Committee, 1914
Remix poster (right): u/tyrannaceratops, 2020
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Original poster (left): Central Recruiting Committee, 1914
Remix poster (right): Amy Kwong / Smitten Kitten, 2020
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Original poster (left): Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1914
Remix poster (right): @dustonmyboots, 2020
Visit our Digital Archive to check out all historical items digitized from our collections. Includes over 100,000 photos from the Toronto Star.
Or read our post, World War II Posters: 5 Things They Told Canadians To Do.