Shanghai (China), public transit bearing posters of Mao Zedong (right) and Zhu De (left) of the Communist Party of China during the Civil War of 1949

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Title	Shanghai (China), public transit bearing posters of Mao Zedong (right) and Zhu De (left) of the Communist Party of China during the Civil War of 1949
Caption	In RED SHANGHAI. Portraits of the two top Chinese Communist leaders.. MAO TSE-TUNG (President) on the right and CHU THE (Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Armies) on the left. Portraits are on a trackless electric trolley in Shanghai.
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - China - 1949
Date of Photograph	ca. 1949
Photographer's Note	2. Trackless trolleys in downtown Shanghai move through the streets. Posters on them show the two current idols of the populace, Mao Tze-tung, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and Chu Teh, Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army. (They no longer call themselves Reds or the Communist Army.) The Reds Fade to Pink in Shanghai. Forman 2451
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Subject TGM	City & town life Mass transit Propaganda Bicycles & tricycles
Subject LC	China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949
Continent	Asia
Nation/Country	China
City/Place	Shanghai
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	35mm
Original Item Medium	Cellulose nitrate film Black-and-white negatives
Original Item Location	China 13
Derivative Format	Photographic print Forman 1394
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr205095
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle East
Digital Format	Image/jpg
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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