Daddy goes to work, we go to school

爸爸上工我们上学
Baba shang gong women shang xue
Daddy goes to work, we go to school
1954, October
Shanghai huapian chubanshe (上海画片出版社)
53.5x77.5 cm.
PC-1954-005

An early morning scene in a happy family, the clock on the sideboard says a quarter to seven. Father is already outside in his overalls with his bicycle, waving goodbye. Mother cleans the hands of the two youngest children after breakfast, the two oldest are Pioneers. The girl checking her hands wears a satchel with a Picasso peace dove. The yellow pennant on the wall is an award for a 'production model' (生产模范). The poster's title does not tell that mother will be going anywhere, she will probably be confined to household chores.