Medium
Propaganda photographs
131 objects, listed by date.
Illustration, not an archive object
United StatesGreat Republican Harrison and Morton campaign ball, 1888
United States"Jimy" French Schulze, age 20 months, Kansas Farmers' Alliance presidential candidate for 1892
United States"A Sacrifice to Aguinaldo's Ambition" (commercial stereograph, 1899)Content note
United StatesBryan and Stevenson (Underwood & Underwood stereograph)
United StatesMcKinley & Roosevelt (Underwood & Underwood stereograph)
Mexico"La Constitución ha muerto" protest at El Hijo del Ahuizote (1903)
United KingdomNsala of Wala, with his daughter's hand and foot (1904)Content note
United StatesI.W.W. Hat Card![Virginia Arnold [holding Kaiser Wilson banner]](../../images/kaiser-wilson-banner-1917-640.jpg)
United StatesVirginia Arnold [holding Kaiser Wilson banner]
ChinaStudents burning Japanese goods, Tsinghua School
South AfricaFordsburg Women's Commando Marching Under a 'Fight and Unite for a White S.A.' Banner (1922)Content note
British IndiaGandhi spins while addressing a crowd (1930)
Weimar RepublicArbeit, Freiheit und Brot! (NSDAP posters on a campaign lorry, Berlin)Content note
Weimar RepublicWer hat gesiegt? (NSDAP election column, Prussian Landtag campaign)Content note
Weimar RepublicWahlpropaganda der NSDAP: SA-Männer bei einer Bauernfamilie (Mecklenburg)Content note
Weimar RepublicZwei SA-Männer bringen ein Hitler-Plakat an (Mecklenburg)Content note
Nazi GermanyHitlerjugend, Deutsches Jungvolk: AltmetallsammlungContent note
Nazi GermanyMarine-HJ werben für den Bau von HJ-Heimen (Handwagen mit Plakat)Content note
Nazi Germany'Deutsche! Wehrt Euch! Kauft nicht bei Juden!' (Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!): SA and SS men post a boycott sign, BerlinContent note
Nazi GermanyBerlin, Opernplatz: Bücherverbrennung durch StudentenContent note
Nazi GermanyWählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen (church-election banner, Berlin)Content note
Nazi GermanyDer Marschall und der Gefreite (NSDAP election poster on a Litfaßsäule, Berlin)Content note
Fascist ItalyPalazzo Braschi dressed for the 1934 plebiscite: rows of "SI" around the Duce
Nazi GermanyGemeinschaftsempfang der Rede des Führers (communal listening to the Führer's speech): shop notice
Kingdom of HungaryOrszágzászló memorial with map and 'we believe in ... resurrection' lettering, Tokaj
Fascist ItalyThree Ethiopian men raise the arm before a banner portrait of Mussolini in a steel helmet, Mekelle, November 1935Content note
Fascist ItalyOro alla Patria: handing in gold wedding rings in Milan, 1935
Nazi GermanyWeihnachtspakete für das W.H.W. (NSV packing parcels, Berlin)Content note
SpainFranco portraits carried through Salamanca's Plaza Mayor to celebrate the fall of Gijón, 1937Content note
Fascist ItalyMussolini on horseback with the 'Sword of Islam', flanked by two Libyan fasces-bearers, Tripoli, March 1937Content note
Nazi GermanyHitlerjugend, Appell zur Maifeier (Worms)Content note
Nazi GermanyAusstellung »Der ewige Jude«: Eingang mit Besuchern (Munich)Content note
Nazi GermanyGroße Politische Schau »Der ewige Jude« (facade, Deutsches Museum Library, Munich)Content note
Fascist Italy"Credere Obbedire Combattere": a school group photograph, Mirandola, 1938
Nazi GermanyÖffentliches Eintopfessen zugunsten des WHW (Worms)Content note
Nazi GermanyGoebbels at the 'Entartete Kunst' exhibition, February 1938
Nazi GermanyAusstellung »Der ewige Jude«: Schautafel »Jüdische Drückebergerei und Betriebsamkeit im Weltkrieg«Content note
Nazi GermanyKdF-Schiff "Robert Ley", Jungfernfahrt: Adolf Hitler an BordContent note
United Kingdom'Dig for Victory' banner across the Royal Exchange, London, used as a Ministry of Information poster site
Soviet UnionMuscovites at TASS Window No. 5, 'What Hitler Wants' (Chego Gitler khochet)Content note
Soviet Union'Kiitos tov. Stalinille onnellisesta lapsuudesta!' (Thanks to Comrade Stalin for a happy childhood): banner over a hut door, Vidlitsa
Kingdom of HungaryCarved stone: 'Az nem lehet, hogy annyi szív, hiába onta vért!!' (Vörösmarty, Szózat)
Nazi GermanyLe judaïsme tend à l'hégémonie mondiale (panel, Le Bolchevisme contre l'Europe exhibition, Paris)Content note
Nazi GermanyNähstube des BDM: Plakat »Wir folgen Dir« (Berlin)Content note
Nazi GermanyTotaler Krieg – kürzester Krieg (Total War – Shortest War): the Sportpalast rally of 18 February 1943Content note
United StatesCatania, Sicily: reading Allied news under U.S. and British flags, 1943![Wall inscription '1 keresztényér[t]! 100 zsidó' (1 Christian [for] 100 Jews), Hungary](../../images/hungary-1-keresztenyer-100-zsido-graffiti-1944-640.jpg)
Kingdom of HungaryWall inscription '1 keresztényér[t]! 100 zsidó' (1 Christian [for] 100 Jews), HungaryContent note
Nazi GermanyTag des Deutschen Volkssturmes in der HauptstadtContent note
Nazi GermanyVorbeimarsch des Volkssturms an Goebbels (Vereidigung, Berlin)Content note
Nazi GermanyDie neue Volkssturmarmbinde (PK-H 6365)Content note
Nazi GermanyDecoration of a Hitler Youth member, March 1945
East GermanySaxon referendum posters in an FDJ youth display, "Pfingsten 1947"
NetherlandsIndie en Nederland is EEN. Weg met Soekarno (The Indies and the Netherlands Are ONE. Down with Sukarno), slogans chalked on a troop lorry
East Germany"Die Jugend kämpft für den Frieden!": founding ceremony of the Berlin FDJ, Friedrichstadtpalast
HungaryLenin, Rákosi and Stalin portraits: Innovation and Invention Exhibition, Budapest
East GermanyFDJ march-past banners at the 2nd World Festival of Youth, Budapest
East Germany"Jugend voran im Kampf um die Einheit Deutschlands": FDJ torchlight march, Berlin
East GermanyAtlantic Pact float in a peace demonstration, Leipzig
East GermanyChildren examine collected Colorado beetles during the "American beetle" campaign, Chemnitz districtContent note
East Germany"Siemens-Plania grüßt die Vorhut der internat. Arbeiterklasse": factory delegation at the Soviet memorial, Treptow
East Germany'Deutscher, hilf den Frieden erhalten' (German, help preserve peace): banner on a state farm, Petkus, East Germany
East Germany"100% unserer Belegschaft sind gegen Remilitarisierung": factory gate boards, Werk Fortschritt II, Berlin
United StatesLoading a leaflet bomb at the Far East Command printing plant, Yokohama
East Germany"Werbung für unsere Parteipresse": subscription-drive board, IFA tractor works, Nordhausen
East Germany"Was hast du für den Frieden getan?": backdrop quoting Anna Seghers at the 3rd German Writers' Congress, Berlin
HungaryMay Day parade satire: dollar-throne figure and 'US'-helmeted puppets, BudapestContent note
East Germany"Unsere Antwort an Provokateure": Berlin march for the government after 17 June 1953
East GermanyBerliners present gifts to Soviet soldiers "for their considered intervention" on 17 June 1953
Argentina"Perón cumple, Evita dignifica": the CGT tower, Buenos Aires, 1953
South Korea'Japan's pro-communist policy: let us smash it!' (日本의容共政策을粉碎하자): school banners at a rally, South Korea
East Germany"Der Warschauer Vertrag, Kraftquell in unserem Kampf für Einheit, Frieden und Sicherheit": East CDU executive meeting, Berlin
East Germany"Ran an den Speck, jagt die Militaristen weg!": pledge boot for the 10th anniversary of the GDR, Neubrandenburg district
United StatesCrowd at the Arkansas State Capitol protesting school integration, with signs reading "Race mixing is Communism," Little Rock, Arkansas
East GermanyCooperative farmers watch Ulbricht's Volkskammer statement on television, Höhnstedt
East GermanyDeutscher Fernsehfunk main building, Berlin-Adlershof
East GermanyLeipziger Volkszeitung extra on the border-securing measures, handed out in LeipzigContent note
East Germany"Am 13. August gab's roten Pfeffer": house-community banner, BitterfeldContent note
East Germany"Aktuelle Kamera" interview with a detained West Berliner, Deutscher Fernsehfunk
East Germany"Der Schutzpatron der Westberliner Spionageorganisation Lemmer": ADN photomontage
East GermanyZentralbild "Terror in Südvietnam": woman and children before a burning houseContent note
United StatesCivil rights March on Washington, D.C.
East GermanyBerliner Funkhaus, Nalepastrasse: agency photo for "40 years of radio in Germany"
Netherlands'Johnson Oorlogsmisdadiger' (Johnson, war criminal): placard at an anti-American demonstration, Amsterdam
NetherlandsBiafra famine-relief banner above a post office counter, UtrechtContent note
East Germany"Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit für Vietnam": signing of the Vietnam appeal, East Berlin
East GermanySigned donation ribbons "Vietnam Solidarität" handed to the IDFF secretariat, East Berlin
ChinaMao portrait and Party slogan on the Beijing airport terminal, Nixon arrival, 21 February 1972
East GermanySigned "Fahne der Solidarität" handed to a DRV diplomat, LPG Mansfeld
Netherlands"Boycot Outspan" Protest Outside Albert Heijn, Amsterdam (1973)
East GermanyVietnam banners in the FDJ demonstration, 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, East Berlin
United StatesNixon with the edited White House tape transcripts
SpainFranco's tomb before the high altar, Valley of the Fallen (photograph, 2005)Content note
PortugalPartido Socialista posters on a Lisbon building front, early 1975
United States"Right to Life" demonstration, at White House and Capitol
RomaniaMass spectacle with Ceaușescu portrait, "23 August" Stadium, Bucharest, 23 September 1978
Netherlands"Eet geen Outspan sinaasappelen" B.O.A. poster shown at a press conference (Netherlands, 1980)Content note
East GermanySolidaritätsmeeting für El Salvador, Sandersdorf (Bezirk Halle)
East Germany"Schluß mit der israelischen Aggression": FDJ students' Lebanon solidarity meeting, Berlin
East Germany"STOP - Hände weg von Nikaragua!": solidarity meeting at the Werk für Fernsehelektronik, BerlinContent note
East Germany"STOP Raketenbeschluß!": child with a placard at a youth peace rally, Suhl
Netherlands"Geen boykot = meer geweld in Zuid-Afrika" banner and stained CDA flag, The Hague (1983)Content note
East Germany"Keine neuen US-Raketen in Westeuropa!": peace manifestation, Halle
RomaniaNicolae and Elena Ceaușescu before a costumed crowd with portrait banners, 1986
East Germany"25 Jahre antifaschistischer Schutzwall": Kampfappell parade, Karl-Marx-Allee, BerlinContent note
East Germany"Ihr Tod ist uns Verpflichtung": Pioneers at the border-troops memorial, Berlin
United StatesNancy Reagan holds up a 'Just Say No' sign for press photographers
HungaryWorkers' Militia unit assembly, Cegléd: "A szocialista haza védelme pártunk, államunk, népünk közös ügye"![Stage slogan at the MSZMP national conference, Budapest: "A párt vezetésével, [de]mokrácia és a reformok útján a szocializmusért!"](../../images/hungary-mszmp-national-conference-slogan-1988-640.jpg)
HungaryStage slogan at the MSZMP national conference, Budapest: "A párt vezetésével, [de]mokrácia és a reformok útján a szocializmusért!"
United StatesPresident Bush holds up a bag of crack in the Oval Office
North KoreaKim Il-sung portrait flag pin beside a national flag patch, North Korea (photographed 2007)
North KoreaKim Il-sung statue and Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)
North KoreaKim Il-sung lapel badges on a school group, North Korea (photographed 2010)
North KoreaChollima Statue, Mansu Hill, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)
North KoreaJuche Tower tribute plaques from foreign study groups, Pyongyang (photographed 2018)
RussiaActing President Putin presents awards to federal troops, Gudermes, 1 January 2000
TurkmenistanRuhnama monument in Independence Park, Ashgabat: a giant model of the book with the portrait of Saparmurat Niyazov
United States'Mission Accomplished' banner on USS Abraham Lincoln
North KoreaArirang Mass Games: national flag formed by card-holding performers, Pyongyang (photographed 2007)
North KoreaArirang Mass Games: card-section portrait of Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang (photographed 2007)
North KoreaArirang Mass Games: card-mosaic backdrop, Rungnado May Day Stadium (photographed 2008)
North KoreaArirang Mass Games: Sangmo nori ribbon-hat dance, May Day Stadium, Pyongyang (photographed 2008)
North KoreaTwo billboards: unity around the revolutionary headquarters, and the banner of the Three Revolutions, Pyongyang (photographed 2012)
North KoreaRodong Sinmun public reading stand on a Pyongyang Metro platform (photographed 2012)
North KoreaThree roadside murals: "Long live the great victory of Songun politics!" and two companion slogans, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)
TurkmenistanGolden equestrian statue of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on a white-marble cliff, Ashgabat
RussiaPresident Putin in the Immortal Regiment column, Red Square, 9 May 2016
North KoreaNewspaper page on a Pyongyang Metro reading stand: Kim Jong-un at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, New Year 2017 (photographed 2017)
North KoreaPassenger reading Rodong Sinmun, Puhung Station, Pyongyang Metro (photographed 2017)
North KoreaMural of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il: "Uphold them forever as the sun of Juche!", Bukseong and Chollima Street, Pyongyang (photographed 2019)
UkraineAddress 'Drive the occupiers out, drive these slaves out' to the residents of Ukrainian cities
United StatesProtests in front of SCOTUS after Dobbs