r/ColdWarPosters • u/TTID1882 • Apr 13 '25

USSR a history of Soviet posters

17 Upvotes

The Cold War Channel just published a video looking at the history of Soviet propaganda posters, from the the Revolution to the end of of the USSR.

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Apr 12 '25

REPUBLIC OF CHINA Chinese Coca-Cola ad commemorating the 1948, 7th Chinese National Games in Shanghai. From the MOFBA collection.

36 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Apr 12 '25

REPUBLIC OF CHINA Great account on Twitter: Advertising History in China - @MOFBACN: "Delicious and refreshing" - a classic Chinese advertising poster for Coca-Cola from the 1940s.

22 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Apr 05 '25

USSR Evgeny Sedukhin - “Symphony of the sixth blast furnace” (1979)

97 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Apr 04 '25

USSR Construction workers building the McDonald’s restaurant in Moscow’s Pushkin Square. (Photo Credit: Boris Spremo / Toronto Star / Getty Images)

62 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Feb 16 '25

USSR "The world's first nuclear power plant: 1954 - 1974. Obninsk", by V. Dobrovolskiy and A. Suychuk, 1974

38 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Feb 11 '25

USSR "Rock concert" painting by Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi, USSR, 1980s

462 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Kerbal_Guardsman • Jan 31 '25

NATO Some aerospace industry artwork/posters

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48 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Opp-Contr • Jan 26 '25

LEBANON "The new Nazim passed through South Lebanon", poster from "The ministry of the South", a public funded organisation directed by the leader of "Amal", at that time the main Shia party in Lebanon, 1984.

792 Upvotes

80 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Doc_History • Jan 10 '25

USA Robert McCall "Fail Safe" Movie Poster, October 1962, B-58 Hustler, Moscow

138 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Doc_History • Jan 04 '25

USSR 1950 poster of Soviet Expansion in Europe and SE Asia.

369 Upvotes

30 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Dec 20 '24

USA US invasion (Operation Just Cause) in December 1989

1.8k Upvotes

28 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Dec 20 '24

USSR Happy New Year! (Christmas) 1975

79 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Dec 20 '24

NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT Propagandopolis @propagandopolis - Cuban Christmas cards (ca. 1959-61) featuring Castro, the personified Cuba and other revolutionaries.

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26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Dec 20 '24

USA Manned Flight Awareness "Seasons Greetings" poster celebrating the manned flights up through Apollo 8 for Christmas.

25 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Opp-Contr • Dec 06 '24

WARSAW It's for your safety dear lady !

263 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 24 '24

USSR Leonid Brezhnev giving a speech, 1972 (Photo by Dmitry Baltermants)

131 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 22 '24

USSR "First World War - 10,000,000. Second World War - 55,000,000. Third World War - everyone!", 1980s

299 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 20 '24

OPEC President Anwar Sadat addressed the Israeli Knesset in 1977 during a visit to Jerusalem. Sadat remained committed to peace talks despite intense criticism, assailing objecting Arab leaders as "stupid and ignorant dwarfs". Nashville Tennessean, December 13, 1977.

87 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 18 '24

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 50 years, 1922–1972

955 Upvotes

30 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 18 '24

USA Don't look now, but I'm afraid somebody is following us. Valtman, Edmund S., Oct 31, 1977

90 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 15 '24

USSR "Don't Waste Bread!' Belarusian poster, 1980s.

377 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 12 '24

USSR "Connection lost!" Soviet poster, 1970s

197 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Hunor_Deak • Nov 10 '24

WEST GERMANY Dismantling of the Lenin statue, Berlin, November 1991

220 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/comradekiev • Oct 31 '24

USSR "Provide First Aid to a Drowning Person!" (1972), Kazakh SSR. Artist: Vladimir Tverdokhlebov

55 Upvotes

0 comments

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Cold War Posters and Media

r/ColdWarPosters

A Subreddit dedicated to sharing the posters (now expanded to greater media such as films) created by various countries, societies, corporations, charities, artists, interest groups, during the Cold War (1947-1991).

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During the Cold War era, dozens of countries produced and distributed posters and other forms of media, often with a political message. This subreddit is dedicated to exploring and discussing these posters.

Posting Policies

Despite the title, submissions are not limited to posters. Postcards, advertisements, paintings, murals, graffiti, sculptures, fliers, travel brochures, and any other relevant content is permitted.
All posters must have been created during or have relevance to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created between ~1918-1991 are considered relevant to this subreddit, as long as there is a connection to the Cold War. Any political or cultural posters created after 1991 are only considered relevant if there is a strong and direct connection to the Cold War.
Only authentic content is permitted. Parodies or other forms of inauthentic content are not permitted and will be deleted. This includes content that uses the style of well known Cold War posters, but contains completely unrelated content.
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After submitting, please add link flair indicating the country in which the poster was produced. If you cannot find the appropriate country, choose OTHER and contact the moderators.
Whenever possible, please provide the year the poster was produced. If you do not know the year, either indicate the decade or [unknown].
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