The Propaganda Archive

A project by Propagandopolis to create the internet’s largest archive of propaganda posters, postcards, pamphlets, stamps and other ephemera.

This archive is currently a work in progress. New content and features will be added over the coming months. If you would like to learn about or support the project, you can do so below:

1848

Onanism or Self-pollution (British print, 1848)

Text: Representing the debilitated state of the body from the effects of Onanism or Self-pollution. Year: 1848. Publisher: The Secret Companion, a Medical Work on Onanism or Self-Pollution. Artist: R. J. Brodie (author). Additional information: The book was published amid a vast wave of anti-masturbation literature in both Europe and America throughout the mid-to-late nineteenth…

May 12, 2023

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Europe, United Kingdom

1848, Britain, Health, Masturbation