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Propaganda Collection (#11)

Propaganda: Unveiling the Power of Persuasion In a world where information is constantly bombarding us from all directions

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Kill the fascist fanatic!, 1942. Creator: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)

Kill the fascist fanatic!, 1942. Creator: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
Kill the fascist fanatic!, 1942. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Unknown

George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Unknown
George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. American investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Unknown

George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Unknown
George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. American investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. American investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. American investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
George Creel, Chairman, Committee On Public Information, 1917. American investigative journalist, writer, politician and government official

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Cossack, You Have Only One Path, 1919. Creator: Moor, Dmitri Stachievich (1883-1946)

Cossack, You Have Only One Path, 1919. Creator: Moor, Dmitri Stachievich (1883-1946)
Cossack, You Have Only One Path, 1919. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Red Army Man Don't Want Blood, But They Are Ready, 1921. Creator: Moor

Red Army Man Don't Want Blood, But They Are Ready, 1921. Creator: Moor, Dmitri Stachievich (1883-1946)
Red Army Man Don't Want Blood, But They Are Ready, 1921. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Communication Operators! The front demands.. 1941. Creator: Svinenko

Communication Operators! The front demands.. 1941. Creator: Svinenko, Nikolay Vladimirovich (1900-1942)
Communication Operators! The front demands.. 1941. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Lenin and socialist reconstruction, 1920. Creator: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)

Lenin and socialist reconstruction, 1920. Creator: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
Lenin and socialist reconstruction, 1920. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Women, enter the Cooperatives!, 1918. Creator: Nivinsky, Ignati Ignatyevich (1881-1933)

Women, enter the Cooperatives!, 1918. Creator: Nivinsky, Ignati Ignatyevich (1881-1933)
Women, enter the Cooperatives!, 1918. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Long Live the Sun! Hide the Darkness!, 1921. Creator: Simakov, Ivan Vasilievich (1877-1925)

Long Live the Sun! Hide the Darkness!, 1921. Creator: Simakov, Ivan Vasilievich (1877-1925)
Long Live the Sun! Hide the Darkness!, 1921. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Without Heavy Industry We Cannot Build Any Industry, 1930. Creator: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)

Without Heavy Industry We Cannot Build Any Industry, 1930. Creator: Klutsis, Gustav (1895-1938)
Without Heavy Industry We Cannot Build Any Industry, 1930. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country, 1930

Communism is Soviet government plus the electrification of the whole country, 1930. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Handkerchief, United States, c. 1876. Creator: Unknown

Handkerchief, United States, c. 1876. Creator: Unknown
Handkerchief, United States, c. 1876

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Handkerchief, Scotland, c. 1805. Creator: R. G Anderston & Co. Handkerchief, Scotland, c. 1805

Handkerchief, Scotland, c. 1805. Creator: R. G Anderston & Co. Handkerchief, Scotland, c. 1805. Creator: R
Handkerchief, Scotland, c. 1805

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Handkerchief, Rouen, 1830/48. Creator: Raimond Laverdin

Handkerchief, Rouen, 1830/48. Creator: Raimond Laverdin
Handkerchief, Rouen, 1830/48

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Mouchoirs D'Instruction Militarie No. 1 (Handkerchief), Rouen, 1850/1900. Creator: Alexandre Buquet

Mouchoirs D'Instruction Militarie No. 1 (Handkerchief), Rouen, 1850/1900. Creator: Alexandre Buquet
Mouchoirs D'Instruction Militarie No. 1 (Handkerchief), Rouen, 1850/1900

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Handkerchief, France, 1860/1900. Creator: Célestin Nanteuil

Handkerchief, France, 1860/1900. Creator: Célestin Nanteuil
Handkerchief, France, 1860/1900

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Handkerchief, Düsseldorf, c. 1876. Creator: Cramer, A & C. Handkerchief, Düsseldorf, c. 1876

Handkerchief, Düsseldorf, c. 1876. Creator: Cramer, A & C. Handkerchief, Düsseldorf, c. 1876. Creator: Cramer, A & C
Handkerchief, Dusseldorf, c. 1876

Background imagePropaganda Collection: George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), Glasgow, 1819. Creator: Charles Gray

George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), Glasgow, 1819. Creator: Charles Gray
George Washington at the Altar of Liberty (Handkerchief), Glasgow, 1819

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard sign. Southern California, near Los Angeles. [African American maid answering the telephone: They's mostly out since they got that new Ford V.8 (motor car)]

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The Lorraine Reunited with France, 1737. Creator: Charles Nicolas Cochin

The Lorraine Reunited with France, 1737. Creator: Charles Nicolas Cochin
The Lorraine Reunited with France, 1737

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Homegrown food is homegrown wealth, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Homegrown food is homegrown wealth, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Homegrown food is homegrown health. Exercise, fresh air, sunshine, as well as good things to eat, mean good health for the whole family. Many hands are making light work of this job

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Homegrown food is homegrown wealth, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Homegrown food is homegrown wealth, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Homegrown food is homegrown wealth. The foresighted farmer makes a garden plan showing what to plant, when to plant, and when to make second plantings

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Billboard on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99, California. ['Young People...Promote World Friendship - Attend Christian Endeavour...Prepare for Leadership...']

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard on U.S. Highway 99 in California. National advertising campaign sponsored by National Association of Manufacturers

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850

Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Entrance of the Queen into the Great Central Railway Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1850. The entrance to the station was handsomely decorated with evergreens;

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Fascism: propaganda poster for autarchy in Italy 'Buy Italian products'

Fascism: propaganda poster for autarchy in Italy "Buy Italian products"
FGL5482072 Fascism: propaganda poster for autarchy in Italy " Buy Italian products", 1935 (lithograph) by Metlicovitz, Leopoldo (1868-1944); Fototeca Gilardi; Italian, out of copyright

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - The British Lion wide awake and ready for action

WW1 - The British Lion wide awake and ready for action
WW1 era postcard sent in December 1914 - By this stage, the British Lion (sat on a large Union flag was " wide awake" and ready for action. Date: 1914

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Poster showing types of British and German aircraft, 1915, (1944). Creator: Unknown

Poster showing types of British and German aircraft, 1915, (1944). Creator: Unknown
Poster showing types of British and German aircraft, First World War, 1915, (1944). Chart produced by the British goverment showing outlines of aircraft for identification: Public Warning

Background imagePropaganda Collection: WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations

WW1 - Victory - The flags of the victorious nations flanking a carved statue of the personification of Victory stood atop the world and holding a victory wreath aloft. Date: circa 1919

Background imagePropaganda Collection: The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Creator: Anonymous

The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Creator: Anonymous
The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Private Collection

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - The Caged Russian Bear

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - The Caged Russian Bear
A spectacular Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - The Caged Russian Bear peered at by Japanese children, women and soldiers in uniform. Date: circa 1905

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - Sinking toy Russian Ships

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - Sinking toy Russian Ships
A superb Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - Japanese children (in uniform) and a Geisha sink toy Russian Ships with blowpipes and darts at a fair

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: The Soviet Union has begun to build dirigibles. Illustration from USSR Builds Socialism, 1933

The Soviet Union has begun to build dirigibles. Illustration from USSR Builds Socialism, 1933. Found in the Collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Victorian satire on capitalism and labour

Victorian satire on capitalism and labour
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satire on capitalism and labour. A greed capitalist boss carried on the backs of his workers. 1890

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Second world war propaganda poster from the Womens Land Army

Second world war propaganda poster from the Womens Land Army. Dated 1941

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Patriotic poster depicting Stalin as the leader of the military

Patriotic poster depicting Stalin as the leader of the military
World war two; soviet Russian, patriotic poster depicting Stalin as the leader of the military

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Soviet space program propaganda poster

Soviet space program propaganda poster, 1959

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Long live and great prosper to our Motherland I. Stalin

Long live and great prosper to our Motherland I. Stalin
1949 Russian Communist Propaganda poster: Long live and great prosper to our Motherland I. Stalin by Golub P.S

Background imagePropaganda Collection: World War Two American Propaganda Poster

World War Two American Propaganda Poster
World War Two American propaganda poster US Army 1942. Together we Win

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Soviet Wall Murals, hernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine

Soviet Wall Murals, hernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Japanese, Russian, French, German, American and English newspaper correspondents at Portsmouth

Japanese, Russian, French, German, American and English newspaper correspondents at Portsmouth, 1905 Creator: Unknown
Japanese, Russian, French, German, American and English newspaper correspondents at Portsmouth, 1905. Reporters on steps of building during the Portsmouth Peace Conference

Background imagePropaganda Collection: Russians & newspaper men - Sergei Witte, Baron Rosen with their suite and newspaper men, 1905

Russians & newspaper men - Sergei Witte, Baron Rosen with their suite and newspaper men, 1905
Russians & newspaper men - Sergei Witte, Roman Romanovich Rosen with their suite and newspaper men, 1905




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Propaganda: Unveiling the Power of Persuasion In a world where information is constantly bombarding us from all directions, it has emerged as a potent tool to shape public opinion and influence our thoughts. From historical artifacts like the Laika the space dog postcard and The Contrast by Thomas Rowlandson to modern-day examples such as United States Naval Construction Battalions - Seabees and Tittle Tattle Lost the Battle British World War II poster, it has been employed throughout history. The power lies in its ability to manipulate emotions, instill fear or patriotism, and rally support for various causes. Take, for instance, the Propaganda poster detail from Wonsan City in North Korea or Britains Sea Power Is Yours campaign; both aimed at fostering nationalistic pride among their respective populations. During times of war or conflict, propaganda becomes an indispensable weapon. Back Them Up slogan during World War I urged citizens to support their troops while German propaganda posters depicted heroic soldiers fighting for their country's honor. Even Polish anti-war poster Nie (No) conveyed a powerful message against violence through simple yet impactful imagery. Political ideologies have also utilized propaganda extensively. Chairman Mao's Chinese Communist Propaganda Poster exemplifies how leaders employ persuasive visuals to promote their agenda and gain popular support. Similarly, Soviet Union's We want Peace poster attempted to portray themselves as advocates for global harmony amidst Cold War tensions. Artists like Walter Crane have used their talent to create visually stunning pieces that convey political messages subtly but effectively. His Garland painting serves as a reminder that even art can be harnessed as a medium for propagandist intentions. While some may view propaganda with skepticism due to its manipulative nature, it remains an integral part of society today. It reminds us of the immense power behind carefully crafted messages designed not only to inform but also sway opinions towards specific goals.