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Chairman Mao gives us a happy life (Chinese poster, 1954)
Text: Chairman Mao gives us a happy life. Year: March 1954. Publisher: Sanyi Printing Company. Artist: Xin Liliang. Additional information: The poster depicts a happy domestic scene around the dinner table, with a large portrait of Mao hanging behind. It was one of many designed by Xin Liliang for the Shanghai-based ‘Sanyi Printing Company’ in…
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Brothers in Arms (American poster, 1945)
Text: Brothers in Arms. Year: ca. 1945 Publisher: Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Artist: NA. Additional information: The poster celebrates the alliance between the United States and Brazil during the Second World War, depicting soldiers from both countries embracing. It was issued by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, a US…
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American anti-segregation illustration, 1960s
Text: Segregation, separation. Year: Ca. 1960s. Publisher: Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity. Artist: NA. Additional information: The Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), established in December 1959, aimed to ‘remove all vestiges of segregation from the life of the Church’ and to campaign against segregation more broadly. The poster’s imagery was…
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