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Posters in the collection of the International Institute of Social History (IISH, in Dutch: Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis - IISG), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Website: https://iisg.amsterdam

Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year!

Fight to produce 10.7 million tons of steel this year! (1958, September)

Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere

Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere (1958, October)

Four seasons sports activities (summer)

Four seasons sports activities (summer) (1958, October)

The people's communes are good

The people's communes are good (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)

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)

The story of stealing grain

The story of stealing grain (ca. 1958)

Prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix

Prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix (1959, February)

Jin Meisheng - The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant

The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant (1959, February)

Eliminating the last sparrow

Eliminating the last sparrow (1959, February)

Firmly follow the "Eight-Point Charter" to assure an even greater harvest in agriculture

Firmly follow the "Eight-Point Charter" to assure an even greater harvest in agriculture (1959, March)

Develop the revolutionary spirit of the May Fourth Movement, be a civilized worker with socialist awareness

Develop the revolutionary spirit of the May Fourth Movement, be a civilized worker with socialist awareness (1959, April)

Remember the 40th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement ...

Remember the 40th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, the youth has to become vanguards of establishing socialism! (1959, April)

Carry on the traditions of the revolution, masses of fellow workers and peasants unite with each other!

Carry on the traditions of the revolution, masses of fellow workers and peasants unite with each other! (1959, April)

The commune's dining hall is powerful, the dishes are deliciously made

The commune's dining hall is powerful, the dishes are deliciously made. You eat like you wish, production ambitions are rising (1959, June)

Winter gourds on a high-rise

Winter gourds on a high-rise (1959, August)

The Cosmic Sword

'The Cosmic Sword' (Yuzhou feng) (1959, August)

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our great nation

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our great nation (1959, September)

A look at the Shanghai Bund

A look at the Shanghai Bund (1959, October)

Long live Chairman Mao

Long live Chairman Mao (1959, November)

Promote the industrialization of the commune - Realize mechanization in agriculture

Promote the industrialization of the commune - Realize mechanization in agriculture (1959, November)

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Martyr Fang Zhimin (1959, December)

We are all responsible for sweeping away illiteracy

We are all responsible for sweeping away illiteracy (1959, December)

Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a Leap Forward in all fields

Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a Leap Forward in all fields (1960, January)

You Longgu - Everybody get to work to destroy the Four Pests

Everybody get to work to destroy the Four Pests (1960, March)

Make use of scientific theories to raise the standards of production

Make use of scientific theories to raise the standards of production (1960, March )

The workshop revolution, operates and presses buttons; produces continuously, renews the look day-by-day

Revolutionize the workshop, operate and press buttons; produce continuously, renew the look day-by-day (1960, March )

Automatisation of production makes the work easier

Automatisation of production makes the work easier (1960, March)

We use Mao Zedong thought to arm our heads

We use Mao Zedong Thought to arm our heads (1960, March)

Courageously move forward under the glorious illumination of Mao Zedong thought

Courageously move forward under the glorious illumination of Mao Zedong Thought (1960, March)

Soil

Soil (1960, April)

Yesterday a housewife, today a manufacturing expert

Yesterday a housewife, today a manufacturing expert (1960, April)

Water

Water (1960, April)

Planting

Planting (1960, April)

Density

Density (1960, April)

Children's Palace

Children's Palace (1960, April)

Protection

Protection (1960, April)

Managing

Managing (1960, April)

Craft

Craft (1960, April)

Fertilizer

Fertilizer (1960, April)

Getting organised is boundlessly good. Collective life brings a lot of happiness

Getting organised is boundlessly good. Collective life brings a lot of happiness (1960, May)

Chairman Mao loves children (5)

Chairman Mao loves children (5) (1960, September)

Chairman Mao loves children (4)

Chairman Mao loves children (4) (1960, September)

Chairman Mao loves children (3)

Chairman Mao loves children (3) (1960, September)

Chairman Mao loves children (2)

Chairman Mao loves children (2) (1960, September)

Chairman Mao loves children (1)

Chairman Mao loves children (1) (1960, September)

Long live the victory of the great Mao Zedong Thought

Long live the victory of the great Mao Zedong Thought (Early 1960s)

The people's commune is good, happiness will last for ten thousand years

The people's commune is good, happiness will last for ten thousand years (ca. 1960)

The new centre of the commune

The new centre of the commune (1961, June)

The fragrance of rice floats a thousand miles. Everybody poses as a hero

The fragrance of rice floats a thousand miles. Everybody poses as a hero (1961, July)

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