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  • Bo Le examines a horse (伯乐相马)

    Alternative Title:
    Bo Le xiang ma., 伯乐相马, and Bo Le examines a horse.
    Subject:
    Horses, Horse industry, Parables, Physiognomists, and Role models
    Creator:
    He Yimei 何逸梅
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Shanghai People's Fine Arts Press
    Location:
    Language:
    chi
    Date Created:
    February 1979
    Rights Statement:
    Copyright Not Evaluated
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Extent:
    1 poster ; 53 x 76.5 cm
    Edition:
    Second printing July 1979, 300,001-470,000.
    Geographic Coverage:
    China
    Coordinates:
    35, 105
    Physical Repository:
    Collection:
    Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
    Provenance:
    From the collection of Richard King.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    posters
    Date Digitized:
    2011-01-24
    Transcript:
    [To the right of the title, in blue:] In ancient China, there was a famous man named Bo Le who was skilled in recognizing fine (thousand Chinese miles a day) horses. Once he encountered a horse pulling a heavy salt-cart, too exhausted to run. A...
    Technical Note:
    Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.

  • Modern Foolish Old Men paint new pictures, 1 and 2 [on first poster], 3 and 4 [on second poster] (当代愚公绘新图)

    Alternative Title:
    当代愚公绘新图, Dangdai Yugong hui xin tu, and Modern Foolish Old Men paint new pictures, 1 & 2 [on first poster], 3 & 4 [on second poster]
    Subject:
    Parables, Agricultural productivity, Dams--Design and construction, Agriculture, and Peasants
    Creator:
    Cheng Minsheng 程敏生 and Zhang Lin 张林
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Shanghai People's Press
    Location:
    Language:
    chi
    Date Created:
    June 1974
    Rights Statement:
    Copyright Not Evaluated
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    2 posters ; each 76 x 53 cm (displayed together 76 x 106 cm)
    Edition:
    First printing of 300,000.
    Geographic Coverage:
    China--Hua Xian (Shaanxi Sheng)
    Coordinates:
    34.41523, 109.78314
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Data on second poster.
    Physical Repository:
    Collection:
    Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
    Provenance:
    From the collection of Richard King.
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    posters
    Date Digitized:
    2011-01-18
    Transcript:
    Selected from the Peasants' Painting Exhibition of Hu County
    Technical Note:
    Scanned using Betterlight TTI and edited by KMercer and CDeWolfe, metadata provided by R.King and KMercer. Migration metadata by KD.