[The broom of the Red Army will sweep away all of the scum] – Vintage Wall Art
![[The broom of the Red Army will sweep away all of the scum], Moscow : Igoziz, 1957. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/24/24e8897258f1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures [The broom of the Red Army will sweep away all of the scum] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Cyrillic title, roughly "The broom of the Red Army will sweep away all the scum," puts a common household object at the center of this color postcard. In Soviet propaganda, the broom was a familiar metaphor for purging enemies and social ills, and here the army is cast as the one doing the sweeping. Published in Moscow in 1957 by the state art publisher Izogiz, the card belongs to a long run of postwar reproductions that kept military themes before the public during the early Cold War. Its halftone printing reflects the inexpensive color methods that let such images circulate widely.
| Created / published | Moscow : Igoziz, 1957. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (postcard) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Political posters Reproductions 1950-1960.Postcards Color 1950-1960.Halftone photomechanical prints 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Title in Cyrillic. |
| Subjects | Soviet Union.--Raboche-Krest'ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia--Public relations--1940-1950. Brooms & brushes--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217540 |
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