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Propaganda Collection (#4)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: STALIN AT HIS DESK

STALIN AT HIS DESK
JOSEF STALIN A typical propaganda shot of the eminent Russian statesman, Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars, seated at his desk. Date: 1879-1953

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN WAR LOAN POSTER

GERMAN WAR LOAN POSTER
German war loan poster from World War One, featuring a flag forming the shape of a heart torn in two with the slogan Rend Englands might circa 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: THE TAUBE HAS PASSED

THE TAUBE HAS PASSED
LE TAUBE EST PASSE A German aircraft has just passed, machine-gunning civilian women.. fact ? or French propaganda ? Date: 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN CAT ON RAMPAGE

GERMAN CAT ON RAMPAGE
ANTI-GERMAN Germany, represented as a rampaging feline, runs wild amidst a barrage of shell fire Date: 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: THE LAST HEAVE

THE LAST HEAVE
The Germans are urged to make the last heave to ensure victory, by participating in the war loan to pay for arms for the men in battle Date: 1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMANY UNITED W AUSTRIA

GERMANY UNITED W AUSTRIA
Germany and Austria at last together under a single Fuhrer who will lead the two united nations to victory, success, prosperity, military glory and domestic happiness... maybe Date: 1938

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMANS RAVAGE FRANCE

GERMANS RAVAGE FRANCE
ANTI-GERMAN Cover of a book describing some of the awful things the Boche have done in Belgium and France Date: circa 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN LIES

GERMAN LIES
ANTI-GERMAN, The Kaiser sows his lies Date: 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMANY GUARDS BORDER

GERMANY GUARDS BORDER
ANTI-FRENCH The watch on the Rhine - Germany protects her borders against the belligerent, warlike, aggressive French Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN POSTER 1926

GERMAN POSTER 1926
Poster declaring that the German left wing opposes the payment of compensation to deposed princes. Date: 1926

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN POSTER 1930

GERMAN POSTER 1930
Communists propaganda poster promising bread and freedom. Date: 14 September 1930

Background imagePropaganda Collection: MONSTER OF KULTUR

MONSTER OF KULTUR
ANTI-GERMAN The monster of German kultur Date: 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GERMAN COMMUNISTS 1925

GERMAN COMMUNISTS 1925
Anti-religious propaganda by German Communists: " Religion is the opium of the people." Date: 1925

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Josef Stalin

Josef Stalin
JOSEF STALIN (1879-1953) Russian Politician Cartoon : " A man of many parts" Date: 1936

Background imagePropaganda Collection: All Germans love children, so even these tough soldiers, invading Belgium

All Germans love children, so even these tough soldiers, invading Belgium, find time to fraternise with the kiddies... and fortunately there is a photographer to record it... Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: It is a little-known fact that the Belgians were delighted when their kindly

It is a little-known fact that the Belgians were delighted when their kindly, amiable neighbours invaded their country, fraternising with them happily... Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed

WW1 - Hands Off. The Engish have landed
WW1 - Marianne to Kaiser Wilhelm II - Hands Off! The Engish have landed. Warning to Germany not to set her sight on France as the English will be on hand to defend her border... Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: We Pray for You - Patriotic German Postcard - WW1 era

We Pray for You - Patriotic German Postcard - WW1 era
We Pray for You - A touching patriotic German Postcard - WW1 era, send from a wife to her husband at the front. circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1

WW1 - Vive La Ligne (" Long live the line" ) - patriotic postcard supporting the (thin) line of French troops guarding their country from German attack in the early part of WW1

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Bystander front cover, Bairnsfather cartoon, German shells

Bystander front cover, Bairnsfather cartoon, German shells
Alas! My poor brother Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the front cover of The Bystander showing a stereotypical German munitions worker pouring glycerine into a shell case and opining, Alas

Background imagePropaganda Collection: CHINESE PROPAGANDA

CHINESE PROPAGANDA
Chinese propaganda against the French depicting them making fat from human bodies and then using the fat to make soap Date: 1892

Background imagePropaganda Collection: AMERICAN FLAG-SCARF

AMERICAN FLAG-SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic American girl in stars & stripes accessories of cap & scarf which is wrapped up high around her face. The flag livery is in reverse colours. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: GREEK FLAG SCARF

GREEK FLAG SCARF
A young, blonde patriotic Greek girl wears a brimless fur hat with a flag cap badge & a fur-trimmed scarf whose design is based on the flag of Greece. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Italian Flag-Scarf

Italian Flag-Scarf
A young, brunette patriotic Italian girl in a feather adorned hat & a scarf whose decorative design is based on the Italian flag. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: SOCIAL / BERLIN / BABYLON

SOCIAL / BERLIN / BABYLON
Berlin depicted as the Modern Babylon Date: 1933

Background imagePropaganda Collection: NAILING WOMANS TONGUE

NAILING WOMANS TONGUE
The best way to silence a suffragette or any woman who demands her rights! Date: 1913

Background imagePropaganda Collection: BRITISH IN EGYPT / 1893

BRITISH IN EGYPT / 1893
A protector: a French satire on the British presence in Egypt Date: 1893

Background imagePropaganda Collection: POSTER : ARM WITH GUN

POSTER : ARM WITH GUN
Revolutionary poster showing a raised arm holding a rifle against a backdrop of armed revolutionaries on the steps of a building Date: 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: POPULATION / PROPAGANDA

POPULATION / PROPAGANDA
La Maternite Embellit - Motherhood makes you beautiful Date: circa 1939

Background imagePropaganda Collection: BRITAIN GRABS GREECE

BRITAIN GRABS GREECE
Britain portrayed as a gorilla, seizing poor innocent Greece Date: 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: ALLEGORY OF IMPERIALISM

ALLEGORY OF IMPERIALISM
An allegory of Empire : Edward VII stands surrounded by his loyal and devoted imperial subjects Date: 1902

Background imagePropaganda Collection: DONT WASTE BREAD

DONT WASTE BREAD
Ministry of food poster - Dont waste bread! Date: 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: BUY BONDS FOR BLIGHTY

BUY BONDS FOR BLIGHTY
Buy National War Bonds and protect your home Date: 1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Churchill - British War Propaganda

Churchill - British War Propaganda, Pub Portuguese

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Wartime propaganda card - Churchill

Wartime propaganda card - Churchill. British

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2-era patriotic British postcard - Predictor, Height finder and 3. 7 Ack Ack (A. A

WW2-era patriotic British postcard - Predictor, Height finder and 3. 7 Ack Ack (A. A
WW2-era patriotic British postcard - Predictor, Height finder and 3.7 Ack Ack (A.A.) Gun. Date: circa 1945

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British Naval Torpedo Boat firing two torpedoes

British Naval Torpedo Boat firing two torpedoes
WW2 - Patriotic propaganda postcard from1939 showing a British Naval Torpedo Boat firing two torpedoes with a Union Flag backdrop. Date: 1939

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Propaganda cartoon - The Kaiser shocked at War Developments

Propaganda cartoon - The Kaiser shocked at War Developments as he reads his paper in the morning in bed

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - Italy - Giuseppe Garibaldi - Glorious Martyrs

WW1 - Italy - Giuseppe Garibaldi - Glorious Martyrs memorial card. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for Serbia

British propaganda for Serbia
One of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one, with colourful head scarf, is for Serbia. WW1 Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard

WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard
" Our plan!" - WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard, showing the personification of Italy (as a Bersaglieri Sharpshooter) punching Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder

WW1 - German Propaganda - A Call to Arms Like Thunder. Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Communist China - Lin Biao giving a speech

Communist China - Lin Biao giving a speech
Lin Biao (1907-1971), one of Mao Zedongs closest supporters. Seen here giving a speech to Chinese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa late 1930s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - Russia

Illegal Printing Press - Revolution of 1905 - Russia
The Revolution of 1905 in Russia - Illegal Printing Press in operation - The lookout issues a warning that the Tsarist Police are approaching

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - German Propaganda - Taming the Allied animals

WW1 - German Propaganda - Taming the Allied animals
WW1 - German Propaganda - A German soldier Tames the Allied animals. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Keep Our Secrets Secret

Keep Our Secrets Secret - a poster created by The Central Office of Information during the Cold War. Date: 1960s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German propaganda poster, War Bonds, WW1

German propaganda poster, War Bonds, WW1
German propaganda poster, encouraging people to buy war bonds to support the war effort and sink enemy ships. 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Stalins propaganda poster. Second Soviet Occupation. Latvia

Stalins propaganda poster. Second Soviet Occupation. Latvia
Propaganda poster: New voters!. Only Stalins Constitution has givin you the power to vote. Long live Stalins Constitution!. Second Soviet Occupation 1944-1991. Occupation Museum of Latvia. Riga

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Japanese Anti-Chinese Propaganda - John Bull and Uncle Sam

Japanese Anti-Chinese Propaganda - John Bull and Uncle Sam
Japanese Anti-Chinese Propaganda featuring a representation of Japan (as a military General)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Burma - Socialist Propaganda postcard

Burma - Socialist Propaganda postcard
Burma (now Myanmar) - Socialist Propaganda postcard from the early years of the Socialist State in Burma

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Dig on for Victory

WW2 poster, Dig on for Victory, designed by Peter Fraser. Showing a man with home-grown vegetables and a gardening fork. Date: early 1940s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW2 poster, Fight in the Streets

WW2 poster, Fight in the Streets, belong to your Savings Group. Encouraging people to support the war effort by investing money in National Savings. Date: early 1940s

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German propaganda postcard, two Kaisers, WW1

German propaganda postcard, two Kaisers, WW1
German propaganda postcard, Unity is Strength (Einigkeit macht stark), depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Emperor Franz Josef of Austro-Hungary in uniform, shaking hands. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Pro-Suffrage Propaganda Mrs Poyser

Pro-Suffrage Propaganda Mrs Poyser. Mrs. Poyser holds a No Taxation without Representation banner and stands outside the Houses of Parliament. Date: circa 1909

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- To the Young Women of London

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- To the Young Women of London
To the Young Women of London. Is your " Best Boy" wearing Khaki? Recruitment poster, one of thirteen produced in Britain between August 1914 - March 1916. Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- More Men

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- More Men
Lord Kitchener Calls For More Men -- God Save the King. Recruitment poster, issued 19 May 1915. One of thirteen printed posters produced in Britain between August 1914 and March 1916. Date: 1915

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German poster, What England Wants, WW1

German poster, What England Wants, WW1
German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Anti-German cartoon, Made in Germany, WW1

Anti-German cartoon, Made in Germany, WW1
Made in Germany, an anti-German First World War cartoon, showing a long-legged Kaiser Wilhelm II running from France to Germany with a flask of wine

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German propaganda postcard, Kaiser in helmet, WW1

German propaganda postcard, Kaiser in helmet, WW1
German propaganda postcard, Humble before God and happy in battle against the Enemy, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II in uniform during the First World War, wearing a helmet surmounted by an eagle

Background imagePropaganda Collection: German propaganda postcard, Kaiser and eagle, WW1

German propaganda postcard, Kaiser and eagle, WW1
German propaganda postcard, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II at the centre, with an eagle and two flags below, and German colonial soldiers above, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: King Peter I of Serbia - capture of Durres from the Ottomans

King Peter I of Serbia - capture of Durres from the Ottomans
King Peter I of Serbia (1844-1921, reigned from 1903 - 1921) in all his regal finery on horseback astride the border of Serbia and Albania

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - For Freedom - USA enters the war

WW1 - For Freedom - USA enters the war - patriotic postcard featuring a gallant doughboy scaling the peak of freedom and unfurling the stars and stripes. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag

WWI - Patriotic German soldiers bearing their Flag
Four German soldiers proudly advance into battle bearing the national flag. The caption translates (loosely!) as: Living for the banner - No faltering will lead to glory

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Allied Flags - Hawker Hurricane - WWII Propaganda

Allied Flags - Hawker Hurricane - WWII Propaganda. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill

Background imagePropaganda Collection: World War One Patriotic Postcard - Bulldog

World War One Patriotic Postcard - Bulldog
World War One Patriotic Postcard - British Bulldog standing proudly On Guard! on the Union Flag. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda Postcard (2 of 2)

Greek Anti-Turkish Propaganda Postcard (2 of 2)
A Greek Anti-Turkish propaganda postcard, showing a disgruntled Greek soldier, standing in front of a very Islamic skyline in reference to the displeasure at the Turkish arrival in Salonica

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Anti-Suffrage Cartoon

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon
Beauty & Intellect are superior to Brute Force. An anti-suffrage cartoon mocking a suffragette

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Fighting at Tripoli

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Fighting at Tripoli
Fighting before the walls of Tripoli. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya, in order to counterbalance French conquests in North Africa

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The Central Powers - Patriotic Postcard

The Central Powers - Patriotic Postcard
The Central Powers in World War One. Austri-Hungary, Turkey and Germany. Soldiers from each country stand before their flags and join hands in a show of unity

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Save Food to win Wwi

Save Food to win Wwi
A woman saves food according to rationing recommendations during World War I in order to help save ships (many merchant ships were sunk by U-boats during WWI)

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WWI POSTER

WWI POSTER
American propaganda poster from World War One encouraging people to join up either in the army or in industries towards the war effort

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Poster;russia & Ukraine

Poster;russia & Ukraine
the Rallying-Cry of the Ukrainian and Russian : the White Poles Will Never Lord it over the Workers !

Background imagePropaganda Collection: French Flag-Scarf

French Flag-Scarf
A young, blonde patriotic Frenchwoman dons a red revolutionary style cap with tricolour rosette & tricolour striped scarf

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Anti-American Propaganda

Anti-American Propaganda
A war-mongering General Macarthur is depicted by an Eastern European communist artist as the symbol of American aggression at the time of the Korean War

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for the American entry into the war

British propaganda for the American entry into the war
The card shows a young woman holding aloft the Stars and Stripes with a background of aeroplanes in the sky. We are coming brother, coming, it says. WW1 Date: 1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British Home propaganda

British Home propaganda
The young girl in a sailor's uniform is wearing a hat with Iron Duke on it

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for America

British propaganda for America
A young woman in the form of the Statue of Liberty is wearing part of the American flag. The Caption is My Country tis of thee, the name of the current National Anthem. WW1 Date: 1918

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for Italy

British propaganda for Italy
One of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Italy. WW1 Date: 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for Russia

British propaganda for Russia
One of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Russia. WW1 Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for Belgium

British propaganda for Belgium
One of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one is for Belgium

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British propaganda for France

British propaganda for France
One of a series showing pretty ladies in National dress. This one, holding the Tricolor, is for France. WW1 Date: 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: National flag and pretty lady depicting Japan

National flag and pretty lady depicting Japan
British propaganda depicting ally Japan. Japan had been an ally since 1902 and formally declared war on 23 August 1914. WW1 Date: 1916

Background imagePropaganda Collection: British naval propaganda

British naval propaganda
A pretty girl wearing a sailor's uniform and purporting to belong to a ship called the H.M.S. Great Britain stands beside the Union flag. WW1 Date: 1916



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