Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Warszawa 1960

Warszawa 1960, photographic elaboration by Edmund Kupiecki.  Hardcover book published by Arkady 1960. Text is in Polish and English.

Party House on the corner of Jerozolimskie Avenue and Nowy Swiat Street

“Torwar” sports stadium

Seym (Parliament House) of the Polish People’s Republic in Wiejska Street

Office building on the corner of Marszalkowska and Wspolna Streets

Part of the elevation of the office building

Law Courts, Swierczewskiego Street

Department store in Mlynarska Street, Wola

Garage in Woronicz Street, Wierzbno

State Geological Institute, Rakowiecka Street

Central Statistitical Office, Niepodleglosci Avenue

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Along the Yellow River (2).

Along the Yellow River.  Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1975. (This album is made based on pictures and texts which appeared in China Pictorial between June 1973 and May 1974, with some editorial changes.) Text is in English.

The Mangis herding brigade, Otog Banner, now uses machines to improve the grassland.

A bumper harvest again in 1973 in the former flood region

The Loyang Tractor Plant is contributing to the mechanization of agriculture.

Mass serial production of small-type diesel engines.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels (4)

Trips and Meals: Reminiscences of touring the German Democratic Republic and enjoying the culinary specialities of its interhotels by Hans Prang and Kurt Drummer.  Hardcover book published by VEB Fachbushverlag Leipzig 1971.


Interhotel Moskau

Fish steak with ragout Moscow style
Hash speciality Kiew style (Bitok Kijewsk)

Interhotel Warnow

Cutlet Dummerstorf farm style

Party attraction chicken fondue

Interhotel International

 
Gratinated vegetable dish Boerdeland style

Pork steak in foil bag, Halberstadt butchers’ style

Saturday, January 14, 2012

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System (8)

A Hill Region Transformed: Introducing the Pi-Shih-Hang Irrigation System.  Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1979.  Text is in English.

Night scene at a small Luchiang phosphate fertilizer plant built within half a year.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

(Warsaw. Marshalkovsky Crossroads & Yerozolmski Alley.)

Found newspaper clipping.  No details. No date. Text is in Russian (Translation: Al)

Warsaw. Marshalkovsky Crossroads & Yerozolmski Alley - business centre of the city.  Thousands of local and visitors to the capital spend time in numerous shops, studios, model homes & cafes.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (3).

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

Alexanderplatz in the centre of the city

Berlin life

Stalinallee on “Democratic Broadcasting Day”

Dresden: Postplatz

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Yugoslavia: Past and Present (8)

Yugoslavia: Past and Present, edited by Radmila Matic.  Hardcover book published by Yugoslav Review, Belgrade and David Harvey, London (no date, probably late 1960s or early 1970s). Text is in English.

A practical class in the Cosmetics Department of the Hairdressers School in Belgrade.

Amateur pop groups are proliferating and often provide the music at dances and parties.