Cold War
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“Vulcan’s” Forge (Spanish cartoon, 1951)
Text: “Vulcan’s” Forge. Year: 1951. Publisher: Publicaciones Españolas. Artist: Joaquín de Alba (Kin). Additional information: Anti-communist cartoon from 1951 showing Stalin as a blacksmith reshaping ‘Europe’ from a swastika into a hammer and sickle. Seems to have been published in an English-language book of cartoons titled ‘This Peace’ attacking the postwar order.
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Close friendship (Chinese poster, 1956)
Text: Close friendship. Year: 1956. Publisher: Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House. Artist: Li Mubai. Additional information: Poster depicts Ho Chi Minh’s arrival in Beijing the previous year, on 26 June 1955.
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Design for defense (American cartoon, 1949)
Text: Design for defense. Year: 1949 (01 August). Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: Robert M. Chapin. Additional information: The flag planted in France reads ‘Uni-Force’, referring to the multinational military organisation formed in 1948 after the signing of the Brussels Treat.
