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Front cover of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue border and yellow background and circular dial on top

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

Backside of a rectangular handheld calendar with dark blue text on a manilla background and circular dial on top

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

Front of a cream and brown envelope with silhouettes of three children carrying lanterns and marching single-file

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

Back of a cream and brown envelope with text

节育安全期参考指示表 (Calculator calendar for rhythm method, instruction meter and meter envelope), 1956

Full view of a fold-out booklet featuring views of the cover and open pages with text and illustrations

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Cover page of a fold-out booklet with light text on a dark background, decorative borders on the right and left sides

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet with anatomical illustrations of the female reproductive anatomy

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Page of text from a fold-out booklet

生育图鉴 (Illustrated gestation handbook), 1940

Front cover page of a booklet featuring a title and image of children holding hands and playing outside

优育优教 (Better Babies, Better Education), ca. 1980s

Back cover of a booklet featuring an oval-shaped image of a mother breast-feeding a child on a white background

优育优教 (Better Babies, Better Education), ca. 1980s

Poster with two horizontal panels of images with text below each

阿丽的烦恼 (Worries of A Li), 1964

Poster with a main image showing a young girl walking away and waving to a mother holding a young boy, title in red above and text below

计划生育好处多 (Family Planning Has Many Advantages), 1963

Poster with six rectangular scene of family life on a light blue background, text captions below each image, title in red on top

计划生育好处多 (Family Planning Has Many Advantages), ca. 1964

Poster with five rectangular scenes of family life on a white background, dark blue border, and red text on the left edge

计划生育好(Family Planning Is Good), 1964

Poster with panels of rectangular images around a circular image in the middle, text captions to the right and left of the images

養個胖娃娃 / 田中作 (To have a healthy baby: what mothers should know), 1950

Poster with a group of people smiling to a dentist sitting at a table, text below

家长和教师们要经常关心儿童的牙齿, 和医生密切合作, 做好保护儿童牙齿健康的工作 (Parents and teachers should pay attention to children’s teeth health in cooperation with doctors), 1957

Politics

Poster with a photograph of women and a child with a bright yellow background, red text above and below

计划生育好 (It's good to have birth control), 1977

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

宣传晚婚, 移风易俗 (Promote late marriage and transform social traditions), 1977

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

晚婚和计划生育有助于参加 妇女社会主义建设: 妇女能 顶半边天, 女民兵 (Late marriage and birth control promote women's participation in socialist reconstruction), 1977

Poster with two photographs on top and bottom, text captions below each

赤脚医生宣传计划生育好处，给社员提供免费避孕药具 (Barefoot doctor promotes family planning; the commune provides free contraceptives), 1977

Poster featuring an image of a women wearing a long-sleeved red shirt is shown at a table, a pen in her right hand and poster with Chinese characters in her left. Behind her, others paste completed signs on a wall. Text below

破旧立新，移风易俗 (Study the theory and grasp the party line: practice family planning for the consolidation of proletarian rule), ca. 1970s

Poster featuring an image of two parents, a young adult, and a child stand close together all smiling. A large red decoration is pinned to the jacket of the young adult. The child holds a spray of flowers and wears a red bandanna. A throng of people in the background wave red flags. Text below

志在农村 (Having children according to plan leaves parents with more time and energy to teach their children. The nation and the working unit can also properly arrange their work and study to make them well-educated workers for socialism), ca. 1970s

Poster showing an image of smiling workers are shown, one holding a sheaf of grain and a hand scythe, another holding a wrench in one hand with his other arm stretched above his head, palm open. There is a field of wheat in the foreground and a factory and cranes in the background. Text below

多快好省地建设社会主义 (Population increase must be planned along with economic planning. Late marriage and birth control benefit socialist planned economy and socialist reconstruction to increase people's material and cultural lives), ca. 1970s

Poster featuring an image of a barefoot doctor sitting at a table discusses family planning program with leaders of the production brigade in the commune. Text below

赤脚医生与大队领导制定人口规划 (A barefoot doctor discusses family planning program with leaders of the production brigade in the commune), ca. 1970s

A poster with four vertical images of people working, studying, and taking care of their child; text on top and bottom

计划生育，移风易俗 (Carry out family planning and transform social traditions), ca. 1960

Poster with a plum-colored background features a smiling woman holding a booklet in one hand and a medicine or vitamin bottle in the other. Surrounding the woman are images of adults interacting with children including dancing, playing, and exercising

为革命实行计划生育 (Carry out family planning for the revolution), 1974

Poster featuring the image of a family at home

为革命实行计划生育 (Family Planning for the Revolution), 1975

Poster with a main image of a rural family, blue sky behind them, red title below

计划生育好处多 (Family Planning Has Many Advantages), ca. 1975

Poster with the image of a happy family of two children; father is helping his daughter study while the mother holds the baby, red text below

计划生育, 移风易俗, 国富民强, 家庭幸福 (Family Planning, Social Transformation, Rich Country and Strong People, Happy Family), ca. 1975

Poster of red text on a light blue background, on the bottom edge is a landscape view of a factory and floral decorative border

计划生育的意义 (The Meaning of Family Planning), ca. 1978

Poster with a red title on top and an image of a mother holding up her child into the sky

实行计划生育有利于保护母亲和儿童的健康 (Family Planning Benefits the Health of Mothers and Children), ca. 1978

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light blue background

实行计划生育有利于教养后代 (Family Planning Benefits the Raising of Children), ca. 1978

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light orange background

实行计划生育有利于男女职工群众在生产工作学习中充分发挥自己的力量 (Family Planning Is Good for Men and Women to Fulfill Themselves in Work and Study), ca. 1978

Poster with blue title at the bottom and a main image of a woman and two men, a field in the background

实行计划生育有利于我国民族健康和繁荣 (Family Planning Is Good for Our Nation’s Health and Prosperity), ca. 1978

Poster with red title on top and series of rectangular images on a light blue background

怎样实行计划生育 (How to Practice Family Planning), ca. 1978

Poster with red title on bottom and main image showing a male farmer and a woman at a table with microscope and specimen

晚婚好处多 (Late Marriage Has Many Advantages), ca. 1978

Poster featuring an image of a Russian lady wearing a fur coat with her child in a stroller. On the left are images of mothers feeding, bathing, and dressing their children. Text on top and next to the images

带孩子要有规律 (To have good routine for the child: Soviet influence in China), 1954

Poster of a Russian mother spoon feeding her child, text in the top right corner, and title below

孩子的餵養 (Feeding the child: Soviet influence in China), 1954

Poster with main image on top and title in red below

为革命实行计划生育 (To carry out birth control for the revolution), 1974

Cartoons

Poster featuring 6 single panel cartoons and one 4 panel cartoon

人口与社会 (Population and the Society), ca. 1991

Poster featuring 4 single panel cartoons, 1 two panel cartoon, 1 3 panel cartoon, and 1 four panel cartoon, title above

计划生育实践 (Practice of Family Planning), ca. 1991

Poster featuring 5 single panel cartoons, 1 two panel cartoon, and 1 four panel cartoon, title above

科普与优生 (Popular science and healthy baby), ca. 1991

Poster featuring 7 single panel cartoons

婚姻与家庭 (Marriage and family), ca. 1991

Child Health Education

Poster with two children exercising, a young girl wearing a red dress jumps rope next to a small boy wearing a blue shirt and

锻炼身体 (Do Physical Exercise), ca. 1960

Poster of a boy wearing blue overalls and pulling a wheeled duck toy examining the outstretched arm of a girl in a red and white striped dress, her upper arm has a red mark indicated a vaccination

种卡介苗 (Get the BCG Inoculation), ca. 1960

Poster showing girl wearing a dress and a red handkerchief around her neck gestures with her left hand to a boy standing next to her and points with her right hand to a spittoon on the ground

不随地吐痰 (Don’t Spit Anywhere), ca. 1960

Poster showing a girl standing over a washtub, a bucket just behind her, wringing out an article of clothing while a boy tends to a pot of water over a fire rinsing a cup and plate. Behind the two children is a clothesline with a shirt hanging on it

讲清洁 (Love Cleanliness and Sanitation), ca. 1960

Poster showing a boy wearing a red and white striped shirt and blue shorts bend at the waist, his left hand over his hip, and his right arm stretched over his head. A soccer ball rests nearby. An inset image shows a girl sitting on the edge of her bed in the early morning, fastening her show, with a rooster perching on the windowsill behind her

早起锻炼 (Early to bed and early to rise allows for good spirit; exercise to ensure health), 1964

Poster showing a girl in a frilly white undershirt stands before a vessel on the ground, holding a red cup in one hand and brushing her teeth with the other. An inset image shows a girl sitting at a table eating rice while a boy washes his hands in a tub

刷牙洗手 (Brush your teeth every morning and evening; wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet), 1964

Poster showing a boy wearing shorts and a striped shirt stands over a small pot, spitting into it. In his right hand is a long-handled lid for the pot; in his left he clutches a rolled-up cloth. An inset image shows a boy walking toward an outhouse with a rolled-up cloth

不随地大小便 (Don't urinate and defecate anywhere; don't spit anywhere), 1964

Poster showing a little girl with red ribbons in her hair standing sideways with only a white towel draped over her body and a tub of water and bar of soap behind. An inset image shows a girl leaning over a tub of water rinsing her hair and a boy sitting on a stool with his legs in a tub scrubbing his feet

讲究个人卫生 (Wash hair and have baths often; pay attention to personal hygiene), 1964

Slide featuring the title in black text and an image of a bouncing red ball shown below, a hole in a window in the upper left corner

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, runs along with a red ball tucked under his right arm

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, approaching a red ball and pulling back his leg to kick it

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, kicking a red ball that crashes through a window

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, holding a red ball under his arm while scratching his head looking worried and uncertain

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, sitting on the end of a long pipe resting on the ground with his head in one hand, his feed on top of a red ball

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy with dark hair, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, standing apart from a group of children who are pointing at another boy, in brown overalls and checkered shirt; they appear to be accusing him, a smashed window is shown in the background

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a little boy, in brown overalls and checkered shirt, wiping his eyes as he cries

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

A slide showing a teacher in a red skirt and green blouse bending over and shaking her finger, scolding a boy, in brown overalls and checkered shirt, as other children look on. A boy wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt stands further away peeking from around a corner

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a boy, wearing red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, standing in front of his teacher with his head bowed and speaking to her as another boy, in brown overalls and checkered shirt, and other children look on

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing two little boys, one in red shorts and a yellow and black shirt, another in brown overalls and checkered shirt, gaze at each other and holding hands, seeming to reach an understanding

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

Slide showing a teacher, in a red skirt and green blouse, walks along holding the hands of two little boys who skip merrily beside her, with other children flanking both boys

做错了事怎么办 (What to do about one’s mistakes), ca. 1980s

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