{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"55648"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Cold War propaganda poster printed in black, yellow and red inks on white paper.  \r\n\r\nThe text begins: \r\n\r\n\"Jet to U.S.S.R. by Aeroflotsam and Jetsam\r\nBorscht Circuit . New York ~ Moscow ~ Prague\r\nAdventure! ~ Guess where you'll land next!\"\r\n\r\nIn the center of the poster is the illustration of an airplane labeled \"Marx Special\" that is drawn to have several mechanical and structural issues. A floating-head cartoon of Vladimir Lenin is sticking out a window at the front of the plane and there is a red star on the tail of the plane. The caption reads:\r\n\r\n\"Is Our Great 'Illusyon 2B' Jet * Gives You Illusion of Absolute Safety on Way to Siberian Prison\". \r\n\r\nOther vignettes and text on the lower half of the poster as follows:\r\n\r\nTwo Soviet soldiers are drawn standing guard on a wall with barbed wire and the outline of the Kremlin in the background in solid yellow. Captioned:\r\n\r\n\"Don't Miss The Kremlin\r\nA Photo Amateur's Wonderland\r\nTake A Photo And Wonder What Jail\r\nYou'll Land In!\"\r\n\r\nA list of specials for \"Cocktail Hour\" includes \"Molotov Cocktail\", \"Stalin Daiquiri\", and a \"Khruschev [sic] Special\" accompanied by a caricature of a stern-looking Soviet waitress.\r\n\r\nA small paragraph on a yellow background advertises places to visit, primarily Stalin's grave. \r\n\r\nOther text on the poster includes:\r\n\r\n\"See Das Kapitalist Executions\" and \"Moscow's Cossack Hotel\"\r\n\r\n\"Our Cuisine Special - Red Herring A La Politburo\"\r\n\r\n\"Join Freedom Marches At Beautiful Concentration Camps\"\r\n\r\n\"Watch Great Peace Parades Led By Soviet Rockets\" followed by an illustration of a dove carrying an olive branch with a red rocket tucked under its right wing and a red rocket that was just released from under its left wing. \r\n\r\nPoster was manufactured by H. E. Morseburg in Alhambra, California, and is copyrighted 1967. Artist's name \"Greenfield\" is printed in black at lower center of poster above bottom line of red text.\r\n\r\nThis image is not available online larger than a thumbnail to protect the copyright of its creator(s). For a more detailed examination of this item, please schedule an appointment in the Museum\u2019s Reading Room."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2017.057.0008"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Satirical Cold War US propaganda poster about the things to do on a trip to the USSR. Poster uses sarcastic motifs and red and yellow caricature drawings, reminiscent of travel advertisements used by the airline industry, to poke fun at Soviet ideology and the political figures involved in the Cold War.\r\n\r\nPoster is printed in black, yellow, and red inks on white paper; most text is in black but some is printed in red, and yellow is used only as an accent background color in three vignettes on the poster. \r\n\r\nPoster text begins with:\r\n\"Jet to U.S.S.R. by\r\nAeroflotsam\r\nand\r\nJetsam\r\nBorscht Circuit [black dot] New York ~ Moscow ~ Prague\r\nAdventure! ~ Guess where you'll land next!\"\r\nBeneath this introductory text with accompanying graphics is an illustration of an airplane named \"Marx Special\" that is drawn to have several mechanical and structural issues. A floating head cartoon of Vladimir Lenin is sticking out a window at the front of the plane. There is a red star on the tail of the plane. The plane is drawn against a yellow background; two text boxes with text printed in red are in the upper left and lower right of this vignette. The text in the upper left box is as follows: \"Is Our Great 'Illusyon [sic] 2B' Jet * [sic]\"; text in lower right is as follows: \"* [sic] Gives You Illusion of Absolute \\ Safety on Way to Siberian Prison\". Lower half of poster consists of three vignettes and two sections of text. Lower left vignette has two Soviet soldiers standing guard on a wall with barbed wire and the outline of the Kremlin in the background in solid yellow. The text is:\r\n\"Don't Miss\r\nThe Kremlin\r\nA Photo Amateur's\r\nWonderland\r\n[caricatures]\r\nTake A Photo And\r\nWonder What Jail\r\nYou'll Land In!\"\r\nLower right vignette lists specials for \"Cocktail Hour\" including \"Molotov Cocktail\", \"Stalin Daiquiri\", and \"Khruschev [sic] Special\"; caricature of stern-looking Soviet waitress is to the right of the list of drinks available. Center vignette is small and is only text on yellow background advertising places to \"Visit\", primarily \"Stalin's Grave\". The two text sections are headlined \"See Das \\ Kapitalist [sic] Executions\" and \"Moscow's \\ Cossack Hotel\". Text is printed in red along lower edge of poster \"Our Cuisine Special - Red Herring A La Politburo\". Text is printed sideways up the sides of the poster in black. Left side has text \"Join Freedom Marches At Beautiful Concentration Camps\", right side has text \"Watch Great Peace Parades Led By Soviet Rockets\" followed by an illustration of a dove carrying an olive branch with a red rocket tucked under its right wing and a red rocket that was just released from under its left wing. \r\n\r\nReverse of poster is blank except for a rectangular white sticker adhered to lower right corner; sticker has full-color demonic mask-like image followed by \"427\" printed in black and two small green dot stickers after the number. Squiggle mark in black marker made on poster paper near upper left corner of this sticker. A yellow post-it note is adhered to the lower reverse of the poster upside down. Post-it has \"P37 \\ (N37)\" handwritten in black marker and a large blue and a large green sticker on the right side of the post-it.\r\n\r\nPoster was manufactured by H. E. Morseburg in Alhambra, California, and is copyrighted 1967. Artist's name \"Greenfield\" is printed in black at lower center of poster above bottom line of red text. A sticker in the lower right front corner identifies the collection from which this object was purchased: \"The Francis Gary Powers Espionage Collection\", followed by the lot number \"37\".\r\n\r\nPoster is in good condition. Poster is being kept in the plastic sleeve it arrived in from Guernsey's auction house. Paper very minimally yellowed around edges. Small tear in paper near lower left corner. Creasing in paper throughout. (JM 08/20/2018)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper, Plastic"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/52564/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"52564"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Cold War-era propaganda poster from the United States"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Artifacts"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/52564/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Russia","Soviet Union","Satire","Pop Culture","Posters","Communism","Cold War","Nuclear threat","Alhambra"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Poster"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1967"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["60.8013716027"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65951"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"poster: 35 15/16 × 23 15/16 in. (91.3 × 60.8 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["91.2814325629"]}}]}