| Stock
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Name |
Image (click to view enlargement) |
Descriptions
and Background of the Item |
C2796 |
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This black and white poster was a pictorial
depiction of the Korean War in the 1950s. It shows Mao
Ze Dong giving a speech and footages from the front line
of the war zone. Also listed is the official number of
American soldiers injured, tanks, planes and ships destroyed.
This poster was used for the usage of record office. Printed
in 1960. |
C2779 |
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This color poster shows the chairman
of Hua Guo Feng. Hua Guo Feng was the successor to Mao
Ze Dong post the Cultural Revolution. Poster was a picture
of Hua at the 11th Central Committee Communist Party member
meeting. On the left it says “Courtisy of Jiangsu
Provincial Revolutionary Committee Intellectual Youth
‘Up to the Mountain, Down to the countryside’
Office, 1979.” |
C2762 |
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This health department poster from the
1970s shows a woman nurse holding a bullhorn and giving
a speech. A number of deceases and prevention methods
are mentioned in the poster, including the regular immunity
shots it advises for people to take, and an advisory on
flu season and how people should stay healthy during the
flu season. Year 1977. |
C2761 |
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This 1979 Changsha, the capital city
of Hunan, Health Department poster was issued for government
and schools to educate the people and children the importance
of washing hands, not drinking tap water and killing pests.
A cartoon on the bottom showing two kids playing soccer.
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| C2760 |
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Titled “Could you have done it?”
This rare original 1961 poster shows one boy using a water
thermos to pour a hot water into his mug and a girl throwing
orange peel into a waste basket. The title also had Ping
yin system under which was developed post the establishment
of the PRC. This rare school poster shows the relative
calm educational environment and focus on children morale
and manner education before the start of Cultural Revolution.
The young children were fashionably attired, a reflect
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| C2739 |
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This early reform poster shows a Chinese
ethnic minority woman singing the song and praising the
Chinese communist party, in the background is Lei Feng,
the national hero. The minority woman singer is a symbol
of national unity. Created by Xie Shen. Guang Xi People’s
Publishing House. Nov 1981. 30” x 20”.
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C2730 |
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Titled “Be Polite”, this
early reform Chinese pupils educational poster shows a
young boy who’s a young pioneer saluting his teacher,
who is pushing a bicycle, and on the bar of the bicycle
is a plastic bag that has the sign of “class preparation
material.” Loving your teachers was a campaign conducted
during the early 80s, when education was again an important
initiative for the society. Created by Gai Ming Sheng.
People’s Fine Art Publishing House, April 1981.
Print run 40,000. 30” x 20” |
C2725 |
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This poster shows the celebration of
the future, with dance performed by Chinese ethnic minorities.
A reflection of the changing political atmosphere and
the booming economical development led by Deng Xing Ping,
this era was portrayed by images of national unity. June
1984. 30” x 20”.
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| C2717 |
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Titled “Learn from Lei Feng’s
good examples”, this Chinese early reform 1978 poster
shows the young students’ enthusiasm for learning
from this selfless country appointed national hero by
walking with him. In 1978, poster the Cultural Revolution
but before the momentum of early reform had picked up,
the nation went through a period of hero worshipping,
specially, Lei Feng, who was nominated as a national hero
by Mao Ze Dong was studied by students of all ages. This
poster which was sold to the students in the Xinhua bookstore,
was intended to be used a way of educating children to
be selfless and set good examples for others. Created
by Li Mu Bai, June 1978, Tianjin People’s Fine Art
Publishing. 30” x 20”. |
| C2715 |
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This Lei Feng Poster show Lei Feng washing
an army vehicle. The bottom gave the biography of the
Communist government’s version of Lei Feng, which
consists of Lei Feng was born into a poor family and how
the communist government had saved him and made him into
a selfless soldier who died by saving others. Lei Feng
phenomenon was a national effort that took the nation
by a storm from the mid 70s to 80s. This poster was created
by Qin Da Hu and Le Qin Jin in 1985 as a school classroom
decoration poster. Shanghai educational publishing. 30”
x 20” |
C2714 |
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Titled “Learn from Lei Feng, Set
up good examples”, this Chinese early reform 1981
poster shows the young students’ enthusiasm for
learning from this selfless country appointed national
hero. Early Reform period, which is loosely between 1978
and 1988 is a period in China where Deng Xiao Ping had
taken over the government and had initiated Market Economy
in order to build a modern Chinese socialist society.
Its basic goal is to achieve the Four Modernism and to
cultivate a new orderly socialist society by having the
people, especially young people, to have the selfish spirit
and always put others before oneself. March 1982. Tianjin
People’s Art Publishing. 30” x 20”.
30” x 20”. |
| C2713 |
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Dong Cun Rui, a national hero set up
by the Chinese Communist Government for saving his Chinese
volunteer army unit by blowing himself up during the Korean
War, he was regarded as a selfless hero to be studied
by Chinese students of all ages. This poster was titled
as “Heroic Figure”, and was used as school
educational poster and printed in 1982. Created by Yu
Mu. Shanghai educational department. 30” x 20”.
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| C2712 |
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This early reform poster from likely
late 70s or early 80s is titled “Follow Dong Dan
Railroad Transportation department, the officers are setting
examples by taking charge.” Poster shows the officials
of the Communist Party doing the work they need to do
to ensure an orderly and properly managed market. Distributed
by China Railroad union, Central Railroad Transportation
repartment, Shanyang railroad union, and Shangyang railroad
transportation department. Created by Chen Jin Hui and
Hong Yi Ming. Poster shows the signs of the early reform
movement by refocusing back to productivity and the early
signs of market economy, led by Deng Xiao Ping, as the
railroad serves as an important transportation method
for merchandise distribution in China. 30” x 20”.\ |
C2700 |
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This poster, which was printed post 1976
and Mao's death made a detrimental mistake, it had mismatched
the headlines with the content of the poster. It seems
that the date and the headline had come from another poster
from 1967. Titled "Celebration of the National Congress
and People's Representative Meeting," and alleged
published in 1967 by Shanghai Fine Art publishing house,
this poster as is poses a problem. The 9th Congress meeting
was conducted in the 60s, which matches the print date
and the slogan, yet, this poster had the small slogan
imprinted on the picture itself that indicated that Mao
had already passed away and that the party was now led
by Hua Guo Feng, Mao's designated successor, which would
be an indication that poster was actually printed in late
1970s, after Mao's death. One explanation could be that
same image was used in the 60s and then in 70s it was
recycled, with the small imprints indicating the passing
of Mao and the successor of Hua following Mao’s
directions inside the image, but somehow the old headline
that came with the 1960s poster got passed along as well
unintentionally. Regardless it is curious to us as to
whether it was ever distributed and if so how many were
distributed? Anyone with any common history sense would
immediate note the problem therein. Nonetheless the image
of the poster was quite interesting and we are listing
the poster here as an intriguing example of a misprint.
30" x 20". |
| C2675 |
Chinese
political poster – “5 principles" |
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The five principles were disciplines and rules that
the Chinese People’s Liberation Army had established
to regulate the army soldiers. Mao saw the PLA as the
defense for the Chinese Communist party and served the
party without questioning the party’s directions.
The five principles ensured that all soldiers must follow
the rules. Printed in 1957. 30” x 21”.
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| C2672 |
Cultural
Revolution poster – “Listen to Chairman Mao’s
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Titled “Read Chairman Mao’s book, listen
to Chairman Mao’s words, Follow Chairman Mao’s
direction to do things, and Be Chairman Mao’s good
student,” this poster shows Mao Ze Dong in the background,
with the People’s Liberation Army soldier, the peasant
and the worker, as representations of the great proletarian
class citizens. The PLA soldier is seen holding a “Selected
works of Mao Ze Dong.” Created by Qi De Dan, published
by Jiang xi people’s publishing house, 4th edition,
December 1964. print ...click for details
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| C2668 |
Elementary
education poster – Visiting Mao’s hometown
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This elementary school education poster was for the
Chinese class classroom hanging poster. It depicts children
visiting Mao’s old hometown. Edited by People’s
Publishing house and published by Educational Pictorial
Publishing house, this poster was one of the 14 posters
that make it into one series. Published in July 1956,
it was printed on imported Dao Lin paper. Print run is
60,000. 3.20 yuan for the set. |
C2637 |
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Titled "Soviet Union is our best
friend", this rare set of 6 independent posters feature
a variety of black and white photos of Soviet's participation
in building a Communist China, many are photos that were
banned after Soviet-China split in the 1950s. The poster
also featured a photo of Soviet establishing dimplatic
relations with China in 1949. Detailed descriptions of
Soviet's help in building a new china was written in the
traditional Chinese character format. An Shan stee ...click
for details |
| C2336 |
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Perhaps the rarest and oldest
poster we could get our hands on, this poster is titled
"American Invaders will be Defeated!", this
posters depicts two People's Liberation Army soldiers,
each holding a book, on the left book, the page says "Soviet
Army Defeated 1,200,000 German Nazi, Italian, Japanese
and other countries' soldiers during World War Two. On
the right book, the page says "Chinese People's Liberation
Army defeated 8 million soldiers from American Imperi
...click
for details |
C2612 |
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Part of Chinese "socialist morale"
propaganda campaign in the late 70's and early 80's, this
poster depicts a young child, often referred by Chinese
as "little precious", standing among the crowd,
with sad looking expression on her face. On the bottom
of the poster, it writes the story of a four-year-old
girl who got lost in a department store and people around
her are helping to find her mother. 30" x 21". |
C2611 |
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Chinese school educational poster on
"socialist morale." Featuring a young female
student helping an elderly. Titled "Helping Old Grandma,"
this poster describes a detailed story of an visiting
elderly from the countryside being helped by a Young Pioneer
student. Poster of this type of content was meant for
the political / morale study classes taught in the Communist
China. 30" x 21". |
| C2597 |
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Giving seat (basic training) elementary
school classroom material. This poster was intended to
be used to educate children's morale and adopt the Lei
Feng spirit of sacrificing oneself for the others. Created
by Ha Jing Wen and published by Shanghai Education Department.
30” x 21” |
C2596B |
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Titled “Disease comes from the
mouth”, this poster is a health education poster
intended to reform food preparation practices. Jing Xi
province Shang Yao area medical center. 30 x 21.
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C2596
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Our big sister Deng”. Movie poster
in memory of Zhou En Lai’s wife, Deng Ying Chao.
China News Documentary Production Company. 30” x
21” .
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C2592 |
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The story of Journey to the West is loosely
based on the story of Xuan Zang, a scholar who traveled
from Chang’an (where current Xi’An city resides)
around the world. According to the poster, he traveled
to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma, and India. While
in India, he traveled from north to south to teach. He
was viewed as a diplomat for China during Tang dynasty
and received respect and welcome everywhere he went. This
poster was likely a school educational poster in the 80s. |
C2591 |
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During the late 70s and 80s, personal
hygiene and independence education was reintroduced to
young children as a way of cleaning up the country. In
this cute poster, it portrays a little girl washing her
own handkerchief. The character says “We wash our
own Little handkerchief.” 23” x 16”.
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C2438 |
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Titled “Our Mother
Country is so Beautiful and Strong”, this poster
was made for the Elementary school classroom decorations.
Created by Shi Qi Ren, this poster was published by Shanghai
Education department and features children from different
countries and continents (Japanese, African, European,
and Chinese) and symbolizes friends of China. Size: 30”
by 21”. |
C2420 |
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Titled "Our Flag is
Communism", this poster features different classes
of citizens such as the intellectuals and party members.
Created to celebrate the 12th Chinese Communist Party
Representative Meeting, this poster was created by Qiu
Bai Ping, published by People's Art Publishing House,
printed by Beijing Rubber Printing Company, and distributed
by Xinhua Beijing bookstore in August 1982 as a first
edition. The price of it was 16 cents. Size: 30"
by 21". |
| C2349 |
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This poster depicts a young
child eating a bowl of rice and is used to educate young
children to take care of their teeth. On the lower side
of the poster, the Chinese writing says the following:
" Eating more vegetable and brown rice will make
the teeth strong and healthy, don't pick food, and teeth
will be white and clean and healthy". Size: 15"
by 10". This poster was used in Bejing Health Department. |
| C2348 |
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This Chinese kid poster
was used in Bejing Health Department to educate kids to
take care of the teeth. Created by Zhen Yong Xi and Yiang
Qing Ling, the poster said that the following: "Little
teeth have a lot of usage, speaking and eating all dependent
on them, so make a good habit starting when you are young,
pay attention to your hygiene and protect your health".
Size: 15" by 10". |
| C2347 |
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This propaganda poster features
Mao visiting the kitchen, and is in memory of Mao's visit
to the Chinese Marin Ship from Feb 19 to 24 in 1953. Size:
15" by 13". |
| C2182 |
Chinese Elementary School Propaganda
Poster
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Titled "Morning Study",
this Chinese school children poster features a young
girl studying - of all things, an English text book.
A rare non political Chinese school kids poster from
the late 70s, this type of posters usually hang in Chinese
classrooms. Her attire is of typical Chinese kids in
the late 70s and early 80's. |
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Chinese
School Classroom Education Poster
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Titled "Morning Study",
this Chinese school children poster features a young
girl studying - of all things, an English text book.
A rare non political Chinese school kids poster from
the late 70s, this type of posters usually hang in Chinese
classrooms. Her attire is of typical Chinese kids in
the late 70s and early 80's. |
| C2180 |
Chinese School Propaganda Poster
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Titled "Ping Yin, Read and Write,
six, seven, eight, nine and ten", (Pin Yin is a
system developed by Chinese central government after
1949 on how to learn to pronounce Chinese and is a system
used only in Mainland China), this very adorable poster
features a group of elementary school kids learning
how to pronounce Chinese using Pin Yin system, as well
as counting, A rare non political Chinese school kids
poster from the late 70s, this type of posters usually
hang in Chinese classrooms. |
| C2174 |
Chinese
Chubby Kid Poster |
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This Chinese propaganda poster features
a chubby healthy Chinese kid playing a toy and putting
pieces together. Titled "Step by Step", this
non political themed poster was a reflection of changes
in Chinese political atmosphere shortly after Chinese
Cultural Revolution. Post Cultural Revolution, school
education system was re-established, and kids are returning
to school. There was an re-emphasis in school education
and one child policy. The chubby kid image was one that
advocated by the Chinese ...click
for details
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| C2174B |
Chinese School Propaganda Poster
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This Chinese school propaganda poster
is titled "Love your flowers and trees". An
environmental conscious message sent to the school kids,
this poster was developed post the Cultural Revolution
in an effort to reestablish the rights and wrongs. During
the Cultural Revolution, many forests and trees were
destroyed in the name of Revolution. Post the Cultural
Revolution, system education system was re-established
and kids were taught to not to destroy things, rather
love and protect the nature. Th ...click
for details |
C2582 |
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Few foreigners were made
into samples of study by the Chinese government. Newton
is a fine exception. This poster which was approved and
examined by The PLA Country’s Educational Department
in charge of elementary and junior high school, was used
as a school educational material to encourage students
to study science. Created by Xie Jun, edited by Guang
Dong Science Pictorial Editorial Department and published
by Guang Dong science educational department. ISBN number
was assigned to this poster.
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C2581 |
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This Chinese elementary school
poster is titled “Ask and Answer questions from
the picture”, which shows two school age children
pointing at different objects. Besides articles of clothing,
it shows the Xihua Chinese dictionary, Idiom dictionary,
and exercise booklet. This is a junior high school English
class poster. Created by Wu Yunchu, Shanghai Educational
Publishing House. 30” x 21”.
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| C2497 |
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Titled “Babies like
Fish”, this poster depicts two young children next
to a little gold fish tank. Created by Zuo Bin, published
by People’s Publishing house, printed by Beijing
printing company, and distributed by Beijing Xinhua bookstore,
this poster was printed in July 1983. Price of it is 16
cents. Size: 30” by 21”. |
| C2496 |
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Titled “Flowers blossoming
everywhere in the mother country”, this poster depicts
a young child holding a pot of blooming flower. Created
by Wu Ze Jun, published by People’s Publishing house,
printed by Beijing printing company, and distributed by
Beijing Xinhua bookstore, this poster was printed in July
1983. Price of it is 16 cents. Size: 30” by 21”.
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| C2495 |
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Titled “A Happy Summer
Day”, this poster depicts two young children going
for a swim. Created by Yang Zhong Gao, published by People’s
Publishing house, printed by Tianjin People’s printing
company, and distributed by Beijing Xinhua bookstore,
this poster was printed in June 1981. As evidenced by
the stamp, this poster was used as a sample for the photography
department. Size: 30” by 21”. |
| C2494 |
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Titled “I love flowers”,
this poster depicts a boy tending his plants. Created
by Liu Guang Can, published by Sichuan Publishing house,
distributed by Sichuan Xinhua bookstore, and printed by
Sichuan Xinhua Color Printing Company, this poster was
printed in May 1982. Total of 210,000 copies were ever
made. The price of t he poster was 16 cents at the time.
Size: 30” by 21”. |
| C2493 |
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Titled “Morning of
a Holiday”, this poster depicts two young children
playing with dolls and enjoying a day off from school.
Created by Liu Guang Can, published by Sichuan Publishing
house, distributed by Sichuan Xinhua bookstore, and printed
by Sichuan Xinhua Color Printing Company, this poster
was printed in May 1982. Total of 210,000 copies were
ever made. The price of t he poster was 16 cents at the
time. Size: 30” by 21”. |
| C2492 |
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Titled “Helping
Grandma Putting Thread into the Needle”, this poster
depicts a young girl helping her grandma, a scene that
expressed the traditional value of Chinese society where
the young will care for the older generation. Created
by Jing Yan Long, published by People’s publishing
house, this poster was printed in July 1987. Size: 30”
by 21”. |
| C2491B |
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Titled “Summer”,
this poster depicts a chubby young boy playing with gold
fish and butterfly. Created by Zhao Yen Cheng, published
by Shaanxi People’s publishing house, this poster
was printed in July 1984. Size: 30” by 21”.
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C2437 |
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Titled “Happy Childhood”,
this poster features kids reading a magazine called “Little
Friend”. This type of posters targets young children
as an audience and are intended to portray what the healthy
children should behave and look like. Size: 30”
by 21”. Created by Yu Xing Chen, published by People’s
Fine Art Publishing House, printed by Beijing Zhi Jiao
Printing company, and distributed by Beijing Xinhua bookstore,
this poster was printed in July 1982, total of 55,000
posters were ever printed. ...click
for details |
| C2220 |
Propoganda
Poster - Great Leader Marx and Engels |
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This poster depicts Karl
Marx and Fredrick Engels. Engels was the finest scholar
and teacher of the modern proletariat in the whole civilised
world. From the time that fate brought Karl Marx and Frederick
Engels together, the two friends devoted their life's
work to a common cause. And so to understand what Frederick
Engels has done for the proletariat, one must have a clear
idea of the significance of Marx's teaching and work for
the development of the contemporary working-class movement.
Marx and Engels were the first to show ...click
for details |
C2104 |
Palestine
"Eyes Only for the Homeland" |
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A foreign import, this propaganda poster
has its own special historical place. Palestine, prior
to establishing an embassy in China in 1994-1995, its
diplomatic department was called "P.L.O. Business
Department". This poster, distributed by P.L.O Mission
located in Beijing, depicts two Palestinians with such
tag line of "Palestine Eyes Only for the Home Land".
The paper this poster printed on is extra thick and this
poster is good condition. Size: 30" L by 21"
W. |
C2105 |
Victory
for Palestinians - Propaganda Poster |
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A foreign import, this propaganda poster
has its own special historical place. Palestine, prior
to establishing an embassy in China in 1994-1995, its
diplomatic department was called "P.L.O. Business
Department". This poster, distributed by P.L.O Mission
located in Beijing, is titled " Victory for the Palestinians"
The paper this poster printed on is extra thick and this
poster is great condition. Size: 30" L by 21"
W. |
C2223 |
Chinese
Propaganda poster - Saddam Hussein |
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Chinese political propoganda poster.
Size: 20.5*15". An image of Saddam Hussein, likely
came from the formal Iraqi embassy based in Beijing, China.
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| C2222 |
Political
Propaganda Poster Saddam Hussein |
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We found this black and white poster
that featured Saddam Hussein in China, while searching
for Chinese political propaganda posters. Not sure who
the person next to Saddam Hussein is, might be the founder
of the Baath Party in Syria, Hafez Al-Assad, or maybe
Gamel Abder Nasser, the modern leader of Egypt after WWII.
It also might be Hussein's predecessor in Iraq. But it
doesn't really look like any of those guys as far as we
have been able to tell. We'd be appreciated if someone
wh ...click for details |
C2096 |
"To
become Red Cross Kids" |
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This poster, titled" Welcome you
to become a Red Cross Youth" is distributed by Beijing
Red Cross Division. On the lower right side, the poster
prominently states the following: "Welcome You -
To become a Red Cross Youth". Size: 30" L by
21" W. |
C2086 |
"Write
a Play" - Chinese Propaganda Poster |
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Titled "write a play," this
Chinese poster was used as an educational material, shortly
after Cultural Revolution, school system was reestablished,
and non political materials were written in an attempt
to re-create the educational environment and setting up
grade system. However, since so many older materials could
be qualified as "politically motivated" messages,
the actual material that were used tend to be on the naive
and light level. Click for details..
Size: 30.25 by 20.75 |
| C2085 |
Poster
- "Our Wishes" - Teacher's Holiday |
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Shortly after Cultural Revolution, Chinese
educational system was on a revival. One of the new holidays
established was Teacher's Holiday. This poster portraits
children holding gifts they've made or prices they've
won and point to the calendar where Teacher's Holiday
date. Titled "Our Wish," this poster was meant
to be an educational material to have elementary school
students click for details... Size:
30.25" by 20.75". |
| C2082 |
Propaganda
poster - "Caring" with ZhouEnLai |
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"Caring" Poster is a poster
used by Shanghai Education Department, for the 6th grade
elementary school students political education class.
In this picture, Zhouenlai, an important political figure
during Cultural Revolution was portrayed as a caring father
figure for the children of China. A close friend of Mao,
Zhou stayed in power throughout Cultural Revolution by
supporting Mao's decisions, many involved secret executions
to those who were considered Mao's threat. Click
for details... |
C2081 |
Chinese
Propaganda Poster - One Child Policy |
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This Chinese Political Propaganda poster
is used to appraise families who adhere to "One Child
Policy." As evident by the writing on the poster,
it indicated that this poster was developed in 1980 by
HeBei Province Family Planning Office, and it was used
as a gift to praise Single Child Families. Chinese One
Child Policy, officially started in 1978, stirs much controversy
still to this date. Size: 29.5" L by 13.5" W. |
