The propaganda collection: objects by technique, era and country

New Kingdom EgyptFragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches0000 · Card stacking, TransferUnited StatesProof for a flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (H. C. Howard, 1860)1860 · TransferUnited StatesProtection to home industry 1888Aug 18, 1888 · Transfer, Plain folksUnited States"Requirements for Trade Expansion / Requisitos para el desarrollo comercial" (Cuban-American Reciprocity Bureau, 1903)1903 · Card stackingCanadaCanadiens-Français, enrolez-vous! Reformez les régiments de Voltigeurs de Salaberry (Canada)1915 · Transfer, Fear appealUnited StatesFood: Buy It with Thought, Cook It with Care (Don't Waste It)1917 · Plain folksBrazilRevista da Semana, weekly, article 'Momento historico' (Rio de Janeiro, 14 April 1917)Apr 14, 1917 · Name-callingContent noteUnited StatesOur Boys Need the Makins on Their Way "Over There": An Army Girl's Transport Tobacco Fund Does It1918 · Transfer, Plain folksAustria HungaryKaiser Karl I, proclamation renouncing any share in state affairs, 11 November 1918Nov 11, 1918 · Glittering generalitiesSoviet UnionKrokodil No. 48 (158), December 1925: 1905, A Step to October (cover, Radakov)Dec 1925 · TransferUnited StatesLost! - in a forest of confusing dope!Apr 8, 1936 · Card stackingCanadaA Call to Arms1939 · Glittering generalities, TestimonialCanadaA Workman Gossiped - An Enemy Agent Acted: Don't Talk About Your War Job1939 · Fear appealNew ZealandNew Zealand Fights in Pacific Skies1939 · Glittering generalitiesUnited KingdomA British "Spitfire" on Patrol1939 · Transfer, Card stackingUnited KingdomIf You Are Suffering from Scabies1939 · Fear appealUnited KingdomRubber is Precious - Travel Only When You Must1939 · Glittering generalitiesUnited KingdomWhat I know - I keep to myself. Careless talk costs lives1939 · Plain folks, Fear appealUnited KingdomBeware of the Hun in the Sun1940 · Name-callingUnited StatesBehind the eagle stand the forests1941 · Transfer, Glittering generalitiesUnited Kingdom'Feeding 45 Millions: Food Convoy' (British Ministry of Information poster)1941 · TransferUnited StatesI was careless! 'it ALL depends on ME'1941 · Fear appealUnited StatesMan your stations! Stick to your job - oil is ammunition1941 · Testimonial, TransferUnited StatesSalvage Scrap to Blast the Jap1941 · Name-callingContent noteUnited StatesLutamos pela Liberdade de Todos [We fight for the freedom of all]1941 · Glittering generalities, TransferCanadaDanke Schön! "Thanks for the Tip-off"1942 · Fear appeal, Name-callingContent noteUnited StatesHe eats a ton a year. Your farm can help1942 · Card stacking, Plain folksUnited StatesMake your rubber last: mend it, cold patch method1942 · TransferSpainAyudad a la obra social de la Sección Femenina poniendo un sello de José Antonio en vuestras cartas (cinema slide)1942 · TransferUnited StatesA Guerra Ilustrada: Notícias das Américas, no. 2 [The War Illustrated: News of the Americas]1942 · Card stacking, BandwagonEmpire of Japan'Bullets and cannon too, from savings': munitions price spread, Shashin Shūhō No. 225Jun 17, 1942 · TransferUnited StatesDoctors are scarce1943 · Card stacking, Fear appealUnited StatesHome Canning: Tomatoes, Packing1943 · TransferUnited StatesMama, what did you do in World War Two?1943 · Fear appealUnited StatesRecreation and Athletics1943 · Card stackingUnited StatesCarter G. Woodson - Teacher, Historian, Publisher1943 · TransferCanadaA Tribute from Home - Buy Victory Bonds1944 · Bandwagon, TestimonialUnited StatesEarn money each week for War Bonds1944 · Glittering generalities, TransferUnited StatesDon't be a dope! Handle equipment right! (Joe Dope left everything out in the rain)1944 · Name-callingContent noteUnited StatesPrevent woods fires: Greater danger than ever1944 · Fear appealUnited StatesYank them out!1944 · Fear appealUnited StatesPrevent forest fires! Crush out your cigarette (Giusti design)1945 · Fear appealUnited StatesNorthern HospitalityAug 17, 1949 · Name-callingUnited StatesNot to Be Associated With..! (Thai poster, yoke and nose-rope caricature)1952 · Name-calling, Fear appealContent noteUnited StatesGo to it, boy... It's all yours (radiogram to Chiang)Feb 3, 1953 · Card stackingContent noteUnited StatesU.N. Day Poster #3: Some Places Made Almost No Economic Progress for Lack of Technology and Tools (Japanese poster distributed in Asia)Sep 14, 1953 · Card stacking, Glittering generalitiesUnited StatesRyukyuan-Made License Tags: Press and Spray Photographs (Japanese poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands)Mar 23, 1955 · Plain folksUnited StatesIran News poster 52h, Qom oil well, Kinley (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)Sep 26, 1956 · TestimonialUnited StatesBuddhist Anniversary poster (Khmer, distributed in Phnom Penh)Apr 23, 1957 · Glittering generalities, TransferUnited StatesI'll be glad to move over, ShermJun 14, 1958 · TransferUnited StatesPictorial Review poster, No. 10: Alaska and Hawaii, the 49-star flag (Amharic-English, Addis Ababa)Jul 7, 1959 · Glittering generalities, Transfer, Card stackingUnited StatesGros-plans lunaires du Ranger poster (French, Beirut)Sep 24, 1964 · Glittering generalities, TransferUnited StatesNhững người bạn giúp đỡ chúng ta! (Friends Who Help Us!)1965 · Glittering generalities, Card stackingUnited StatesA Safe and Easy Way Back to the Just Cause (River and Coast Chieu Hoi Poster)1965 · Card stacking, TestimonialUnited StatesPress and Freedom poster, Free World supplement (English, Manila)Mar 9, 1965 · Testimonial, TransferUnited StatesEvolution in South Vietnam1966 · Glittering generalities, Card stackingUnited States"Chính phủ sẽ không bỏ hay nhường một tấc đất nào cho Cộng sản" (We Will Stay, and We Will Defeat the Enemy)1967 · Testimonial, Glittering generalitiesUnited StatesSSPL Membership Card (Chứng minh thư), Sacred Sword of the Patriots League Southern Committee1971 · AstroturfingSoviet UnionMultilingual banners at the Artek international Pioneer camp, Gurzuf: "Für antiimperialistischen Frieden und Freundschaft"1986 · Glittering generalities, TransferMyanmar"People's Desire": roadside billboard, Myanmar (photographed 2008)Mar 22, 2008 · Name-calling

The collection covers 43 of the 47 techniques so far. Many of the rest (astroturf, corpus poisoning, synthetic media) are modern and rarely appear in public-domain images; they are documented in the watch briefs.

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The first 60 objects are shown above. Every object is listed under its period, medium, country and techniques, and the search page finds words in titles and captions.