The Mao Era in Objects

⧉Image Typewriters: Mao-era Propaganda Poster Featuring Chinese Typist

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Title
Whatever Work Aims to Complete and Not to Fail the Five Year Plan, All That Work Is Glorious!
Date
1956-03
Creator
Zhou Daowu 周道悟
Publisher
Unknown
Rights
Courtesy of the IISH/Stefan R. Landsberger Collection. Photo © International Institute of Social History.
Description

This propaganda poster, produced in 1956, features a Chinese typist. The text reads 'Whatever Work Aims to Complete and Not to Fail the Five Year Plan, All That Work Is Glorious!'(Renhe laodong, dou shi wancheng wunian jihua buke queshaode laodong, dou shi guangrongde laodong! 任何勞動, 都是完成五年计划不可缺少的劳动,都是光荣的劳动!).