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:

Nuclear war

Radioactive fallout can reach your farm (American poster, 1960)

Text: Radioactive fallout can reach your farm. Protect your family and livestock. Contact your local [Civil Defence]. Year: 1960. Publisher: American Civil Defense poster. Additional information: Issued to warn farmers of the dangers posed to them by a nuclear strike.

June 21, 2023

Propagandopolis

North America, United States

1960, American Civil Defense, Nuclear war, USA
Are you going to vote your home into a nuclear target? (British poster, 1983)

Text: Are you going to vote your home into a nuclear target? Or will you vote for a safer tomorrow? Think Positive. Act Positive. Vote Labour. Year: 1983. Publisher: Labour Party. Artist: NA. Additional information: Labour had committed to unilateral disarmament in its 1983 manifesto and published a great deal of material attacking the Conservatives’…

May 19, 2023

Propagandopolis

Europe, United Kingdom

1983, Britain, Labour, Nuclear war