Will a Red Defect for a Milky Way?
Ad Agency
D’Arcy
America, 1906 - 1970
Datec. 1963
MediumOffset Lithograph
Dimensions21 x 22 in. (53.3 x 55.9 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LineGift of Lucinda & David Pollack
Object numberPH.6616
DescriptionBetween 1945 and 1952, the Advertising Council in the United States—a nonprofit organization originally founded during World War II to provide public-service announcements from both the private and governmental sectors promoting the war effort—conducted several mass-media campaigns to reinforce public fear of the Soviet Union while advancing a favorable capitalist message. By the 1960s, with the Cold War at its height, domestic advertisements frequently reflected American antagonism to the U.S.S.R. The 1950s and ’60s saw numerous notable defectors from the Soviet Union, a fact mocked in this poster with its “red” headed child.On View
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