1956
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Don’t raise them as lords! (Soviet poster, 1956)
Text: Don’t raise them as lords! Year: 1956. Publisher: Not specified. Artist: Stanislav Zabaluev. Additional Information: Poster urging parents not to spoil their children, design shows a woman pointing in disapproval as a boy is pampered by his family while he smokes and reads a book about Jack the Ripper. The rug is labelled ‘Certificate…
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Russia Will Be Converted (American book, 1956)
Text: Russia Will Be Converted. Year: 1956. Publisher: AMI International Press. Artist: NA. Additional Information: Cover illustration of an American book prophesying the imminent collapse of communism and the conversion of Russia to Catholicism. Written by prominent Catholic writer John Haffert, the book cites the prophecies of Our Lady of Fátima (a title of Mary’s…
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International Geophysical Year (British cartoon, 1956)
Text: NA. Year: November 5 1956. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Russell Brockbank. Additional information: Cartoon satirises the International Geophysical Year (IGY) scheduled to take place the following year. In the cartoon, American and British camps respectively host a game of baseball and a discussion of the Shakespeare authorship question, while the Soviet camp hosting military…
