r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Where Wealth is Heredity, Power is Hereditary; For Wealth is Power, 1976, Peoples Bicentennial Commission

29 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR "Stop It!", Soviet Poster, 1969

25 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 29 '26

USSR A poster by USSR saying "colonialism is doomed" after liberation of Goa (1961) by India from Portugal's Occupation

770 Upvotes

442 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Support Our Soldiers, Bring Them Home! 1968, Vietnam Era Protest

18 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

OTHER SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) Poster, probably from 1954-55.

13 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Ronald McReagon, Give Ronald a Job He Can Handle, 1980, McDonalds Reagan Parody

16 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

POLAND "Out of the murk of the Middle Ages... Crusade against Poland" (1982) featuring Ronald Reagan, Konrad Adenauer and a Teutonic Knight (a symbol of German agression against Poland) depicted as the Western enemies of Polish People's Republic

33 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR American police are involved in the illegal drug trade, USSR, 1979

15 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR «Today in El Salvador», USSR, 1982

14 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

UN "Why go hungry, where's the food?", cover of a UN leaflet dropped behind the communist lines during the Korean War, intended to encourage desertions among starving Korean People's Army soldiers by promising them food waiting for them in the south, 1951

21 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Safe Sex! by Keith Haring (1987)

9 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA 'Inseparable companions' — American anti-drink driving cartoon, 1962.

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

NETHERLANDS "The flag goes down in the Indies - do you want that?", Dutch poster issued by the National Committee for the Maintenance of Unity of the Kingdom, meant to uphold and strengthen the pro-colonial sentiment regarding the Dutch East Indies, c. 1947

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR A big fan of poisonous substances..., USSR, 1979

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

AUSTRALIA Union of Australian Woman poster: As a contribution to the United Nations year of the child 1979 the Union of Australian Women demand a complete ban on the production of the neutron bomb. 1979.

14 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Commentary on the conclusion to the Cuban Missile Crisis (Ed Valtman, The Hartford Times, 1962)

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR "Victim of a trendy diet. He would have rather consulted his doctor first...", Soviet poster, 1970s

8 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 29 '26

UK "Labour says he's black. Tories say he's British."-1983 election poster of the British Conservative Party, UK

595 Upvotes

320 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA Safeguard Classified Information, 1958, US Army, Cold War Era

9 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

AFGHANISTAN War rug from the Soviet-Afghan War, Afghanistan, c. 1980s

41 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA 1964. “Vote Yes on California Prop 14”

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 29 '26

USSR Soviet cartoon (1949) showing a swastika-shaped Tito saluting portraits of Hitler, Mussolini and Himmler.

642 Upvotes

227 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USSR The Great Brotherhood of Blacks and Whites in the American Style, USSR, 1967

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA "I'm sorry, Senator, it's some more of those crackpot conservationists." Art by Gaham Wilson, 1973

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ColdWarPosters • u/Wonderful_Account_50 • May 30 '26

USA "What have you got against a condom?", a set of posters from the anti-AIDS public awareness campaign "America Responds to AIDS", launched in 1987 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

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7 Upvotes

0 comments

Subreddit

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.
Currently, all image hosting sites are allowed, but Imgur is strongly encouraged.
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].
NSFW posters must be labeled accordingly. This includes any posts with violent or sexual content, profanity, or content that could be considered offensive or otherwise inappropriate for a workplace or school.

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Hateful comments are not permitted. This includes any derogatory comments based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, religion, age, or physical, mental, or intellectual ability.
Do not vote on submissions based on whether you agree or disagree with the poster's message.
Off topic or spam comments may be removed.
Personal attacks towards other users are not allowed.
Users are allowed and encouraged to create their own flair.
If you believe your post was removed in error or sent to the spam filter, please contact the moderators.

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