Tag Archives: propaganda

Chinese Political Cartoons

Posted on May 26, 2008 by

Ethan Persoff has a new neat gallery with 35 Anti-U.S. Chinese Political Cartoons, circa 1958-1960. Culled and restored from reviewing hundreds of Eastern newspaper pages and illustrations, this set of 35 images represents what we consider the best late 50s … Continue reading →

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Miss Magnolia Thunderpussy

Posted on September 20, 2007 by

There are some crazy users on Flickr, and crazy means crazy in the best possible way, who like to share vintage images. Miss Magnolia Thunderpussy likes to share “some” stuff: almost six thousand of images divided in 90 sets and … Continue reading →

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Morning Sun

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

Morning Sun: a film and a website about Cultural Revolution. A very interesting site with full of information of the Cultural Revolution and its changes in the Chinese culture, with articles, photographs, posters, paintings, artwork, artifacts, audio, badges, videos, suggestions … Continue reading →

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Christian Right Propaganda Posters

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

Ignore the ads, and enjoy these hilarious Christian Right Propaganda Posters: How the Christian Right Might Promote their Agenda, Beliefs, About site. Can you read the title without laughing at it? Sorry if I offend anyone, but I do have … Continue reading →

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Chinese Pamphlets

Posted on July 17, 2007 by

There is no revolution without propaganda, all kind of propaganda, which includes a lot of printed material, like posters and pamphlets. Propaganda, to be efficent, has be emphatic with it’s message, using strong colours, or powerful messages or, and, be … Continue reading →

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Museum of Russian Poster

Posted on March 3, 2007 by

The Museum of Russian Poster has an amazing on-line collection of images. There are almost two thousand of vintage and new posters, divided in seven categories: advertising,agitational, entertainment, military, movies, social and others. This is an excellent collection for its … Continue reading →

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Vintage Brazilian Ads

Posted on February 26, 2007 by

As I said a while ago, it isn’t easy find good sites about vintage Brazilian culture and ephemera. Happily this has been changing in the last years and many sites to preserve this memory appeared. A very good example of … Continue reading →

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Chinese Public Health Posters

Posted on January 18, 2007 by

Chinese Public Health Posters of Understanding Human Body, Hygiene Education for Children, Public Health Movement, Prevention of Diseases and Pharmaceutical Advertisements. That’s just a small part of a wide range of media presentations of Chinese Public Health materials acquired by … Continue reading →

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The Man with a Movie Camera

Posted on January 17, 2007 by

I watched The Man with a Movie Camera several times, not because, as some people do, I loved it so much that I must watch again and again. No, just happened. Someone told me it was a great film and … Continue reading →

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The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s

Posted on January 16, 2007 by

Nostalgia moment: The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s We love the (rampant commercialism of the) ’80s! According to Giant Magazine. A nice collection with the videos embed. I watched most of those commercials for the first time, not that … Continue reading →

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