So today I attended a talk about syphilis at work, and the presenter had a slide that had old WWII era posters warning about the evils of VD, and guys they are freaking brilliant. I love these to pieces, lol.
The art assembly line of female students busily engaged in copying World War II propaganda posters in Port Washington, New York, on July 8, 1942. The master poster is hanging in the background. (AP Photo/Marty Zimmerman) (via World War II: Women at War - In Focus - The Atlantic)
British propaganda posters warn against “careless talk”, 1939-1945. (heh… “Fuehrious”.)
Mather & Company
Know your goal! Keep on keeping on!
1924
Lithograph on paper
44 x 36 in. (111.8 x 91.4 cm)
Lent by Ronald, Elizabeth and Lauren DeFilippo
from America at Work: Art and Propaganda in the Early 20th Century
Mather & Company
Be a tight wad! Own something!
1924
Lithograph on paper
44 x 36 in. (111.8 x 91.4 cm)
Lent by Ronald, Elizabeth and Lauren DeFilippo
from America at Work: Art and Propaganda in the Early 20th Century
Мир и свобода в Соведпии
Peace and freedom in the Soviets
Poster of Civil War period
Made against Red Army by The White movement (or White Army).
There is Leon Trotsky on Kremlin wall
(via cwnerd12)
Long live the great unity of all the peoples of the whole nation
chineseposters.net:Designer: Yang Junsheng (杨俊生)
1957, January
Long live the great unity of all the peoples of the whole nation
Quanguo ge minzu da tuanjie wansui (全国各民族大团结万岁)
Publisher: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
Size: 53x77 cm.
Call number: BG E15/355 (Landsberger collection)
Representatives of the different ‘National Minorities’ of China take part in a parade on Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
chineseposters.net:
Designers: Shao Hua (邵华); Shao Qinglin (绍青林)
1976, June
Herdspeople love to read books by Lenin and Marx
Mumin aidu Ma Lie shu (牧民爱读马列书)
Publisher: Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美术出版社)
Size: 77x54 cm.
Call number: BG E15/199 (Landsberger collection)
State bookshop in the North of China, where Mongolians and other ‘minority peoples’ live. The young woman on the right carries rolls of posters in her bag.
World War I poster for 1918– Canadian victory bond drive, depicts three French women pulling a plow.
(via collectivehistory)
