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Designer: Long Yipeng (龙亦鹏) 1964, May Mountain climbing heroes strip cartoon wall chart (3) Deng shan yingxiong lianhuan guatu (登山英雄连环挂图) Call nr.: PC-1964-s-001 – 1964-s-004 (Private collection) Third poster of a series of four. Climbing a mountain wall. These posters must refer to the climbing of the Shishapangma (高僧赞峰, also called Xixabangma, 希夏幫馬峰). On 2…
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Designer unknown (佚名) 1948 More exterminated Jiang bandit troops Gengduode xiaomie Jiang feijun (更多的消灭蒋匪军) Call nr.: PC-1948-001 (Private collection) The numbers below indicate eliminated and captured enemy (Guomindang) arms and ammunition. More? See: chineseposters.net via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ri1C2t
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The Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St.) currently features an exhibit on fashions from 1890-1914. This lovely portrait of the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Maria Gordon, was taken in Toronto in 1897 during a ball at the Armouries. A celebrated pioneer of women’s rights and healthcare, she also wrote “Canadian journal of Lady…

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