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Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year!
Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year! (1958, September)
Walking up the terraced fields to the sky to pick the Queen Mother's giant flat peach and give it to our dear Chairman Mao, wishing him eternal life
Walking up the terraced fields to the sky to pick the Queen Mother's giant flat peach and give it to our dear Chairman Mao, wishing him eternal life (1958, September)
The ten great points of the people's commune
The ten great points of the people's commune (1958, September)
Small factories turn out great things
Small factories turn out great things (1958, September)
Celebrate the National Day with the sound of the Leap Forward
Celebrate National Day with the sound of the Leap Forward (1958, September)
Ten thousand tons of steel, ten thousand tons of grain, beat the US to death!
Ten thousand tons of steel, ten thousand tons of grain, beat the US to death! (1958, September)
Celebrate a great leap forward year
Celebrate a great leap forward year (1958, September)
Struggle to realize the general line!
Struggle to realize the general line! (1958, September)
Production takes leap after leap! The nation is becoming ever more prosperous!
Production takes leap after leap! The nation is becoming ever more prosperous! (1958, September)
Go all out and aim high. The East leaps forward, the West is worried
Go all out and aim high. The East leaps forward, the West is worried (1958, September)
The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28"
The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28" (1958, September)
Increase production every month and have a bumper harvest every year
Increase production every month and have a bumper harvest every year (1958, September)
Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled!
Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled! (1958, September)
Celebrate the great victory of the socialist General Line
Celebrate the great victory of the socialist General Line (1958, September)
The flowers of the cultural revolution blossom everywhere
The flowers of the cultural revolution blossom everywhere (1958, October)
The great waves of the bumper harvest out-argue the sceptics -- Peasant paintings from Pi county
The great waves of the bumper harvest out-argue the sceptics -- Peasant paintings from Pi county (1958, October)
Put organizations on a military footing, put actions on a war footing, put life on a collective footing
Put organizations on a military footing, put actions on a war footing, put life on a collective footing (1958, October)
Double happiness I
Double happiness I (1958, October)
Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere
Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere (1958, October)
Double happiness II
Double happiness II (1958, October)
The future of the countryside
The future of the countryside (1958, October)
The Communist Party charts the course in the technological revolution, Chairman Mao wisely leads the great cultural revolution
The Communist Party charts the course in the technological revolution, Chairman Mao wisely leads the great cultural revolution (1958, November)
The melons are sweet, grain and rice are fragrant...
The melons are sweet, grain and rice are fragrant, everybody tries the flavor (1958, November)
Crossing the Yellow River while sitting in a peanut
Crossing the Yellow River while sitting in a peanut (1958, November)
Bring in 1,000 dan of foodstuffs, harvest 10,000 jin of cotton
Bring in 1,000 dan of foodstuffs, harvest 10,000 jin of cotton (1958, November)
Let the "Sputnik" of high production circle around the sky forever
Let the "Sputnik" of high production circle around the sky forever (1958, November)
Chairman Mao visits a homemade blast furnace
Chairman Mao visits a homemade blast furnace (1958, November)
Everybody is fully occupied in production, the trade sector is also fully occupied for everybody
Everybody is fully occupied in production, the trade sector is also fully occupied for everybody (1958, December)
Small blast furnace
Small blast furnace (1958, December)
Constructing Wusutu reservoir
Constructing Wusutu reservoir (1958, December)
Ride the East Wind, leap forward again and again!
Ride the East Wind, leap forward again and again! (1958, December)
When the dining hall is well-run, the production spirit will increase
When the dining hall is well-run, the production spirit will increase (1958, December)
Take steel as the key link, make a leap forward in all fields
Take steel as the key link, make a leap forward in all fields (1958, December)
The people's communes are good
The people's communes are good (1958, December)
Cheer for overfulfilling the quota of 10.700.000 tons of steel
Cheer for overfulfilling the quota of 10.700.000 tons of steel (1958, December)
Hold high the red banner of the people's communes and move forward
Hold high the red banner of the people's communes and move forward (1958, December)
Drowning the enemy in a torrent of steel!
Drowning the enemy in a torrent of steel! (1958, December)
Breed more pigs, collect more fertilizer, produce more, practice more thrift, put away more savings, construct more
Breed more pigs, collect more fertilizer, produce more, practice more thrift, put away more savings, construct more (late 1950s)
Enthusiastically put away savings, to support the "Four Modernizations" in agriculture
Enthusiastically put away savings, to support the "Four Modernizations" in agriculture (late 1950s)
Heaven on earth
Heaven on earth (ca. 1958)
Untitled (People's communes) III
Untitled (People's communes) III (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) IV
Untitled (People's communes) IV (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) V
Untitled (People's communes) V (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VI
Untitled (People's communes) VI (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VII
Untitled (People's communes) VII (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VIII
Untitled (People's communes) VIII (1959)
Produce more tea leaves, increase income, support construction -- 1960 calendar
Produce more tea leaves, increase income, support construction -- 1960 calendar (1959)
Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests!
Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests! (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) I
Untitled (People's communes) I (1959)
Watch the fire well to make steel, learn martial arts well to protect your hometown!
Watch the fire well to make steel, learn martial arts well to protect your hometown! (1959, January)
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