Stinking creek becomes tree-shaded boulevard (臭水浜变成了林荫道)
PublicA celebration of urban restoration under Communist Party rule, comparing "before" (lower picture) and "after" (upper picture). Zhaojiabang is a street in the Xujiahui area of Shanghai. Educational poster to remind youth of the benefits of socialism. Price: 16 fen
- In Collection:
- 1 poster ; 53 x 77 cm
- Stinking creek becomes tree-shaded boulevard
- Choushuibang bianchengle linyindao
- 臭水浜变成了林荫道
- First edition, first printing.
- 35, 105
- 1949 to 1975
- Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
- From the collection of Barry Till.
- [characters above building upper left:] Long Live the Great Leader Chairman Mao [poem below:] Zhaojiabang, Zhaojiabang, Used to be a stinking gully. Flies and mosquitos filled the sky, Shacks by the water were like jail cells. The working people suffered deeply, Longing day and night for liberation. Zhaojiabang, Zhaojiabang, Now has a completely different appearance. Cars speed down its tree-shaded street, Shack-dwellers have moved into new workers’ quarters. This happiness comes from Chairman Mao, In our changed life, do not forget the Communist Party.
- Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.
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- These images are provided for teaching and research use only.
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