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Father is sending me to the frontier (爸爸送我去边疆)

A military father in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing prepares to send his daughter to the countryside. Price: 14 fen

In Collection:
Creator Subject Publisher Language Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 poster ; 76 x 53 cm
Alternative title
  • Father is sending me to the frontier
  • 爸爸送我去边疆
  • Baba song wo qu bianjiang
Edition
  • First edition of 500,000.
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 39.91691, 116.39706
Collection
  • Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
Provenance
  • From the collection of Alison Bailey.
Provider Genre Date digitized
  • June 7, 2011
Transcript
  • [inscription on monument:] The people's heroes are immortal; [calligraphy top left:] Father is sending me to the frontier: [vertical calligraphy:] Painted at Jiamusi, January 1972; [red characters, bottom right:] Go to the borderlands
Technical note
  • Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.
Rights
  • These images are provided for teaching and research use only.
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