Mechanizing the agriculture is our hope – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Mechanizing the agriculture is our hope, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The title, *Mechanizing the agriculture is our hope*, is itself the poster's message: machines would transform Chinese farming. Dated 1954, it falls in the early years of the First Five-Year Plan (1953-1957). Posters like this one were produced in quantity to push rural workers toward mechanized, collective farming, a goal central to state planning at the time. Notice how the image presents the farmer as a confident participant in a national project rather than a laborer working alone.
| Created / published | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters Chinese 1950-1960.Prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: China. A11. 1954. Promotional goal: China. B1. 1954. |
| Subjects | Farming--China--1950-1960. Farmers--China--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,420 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217376 |
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