Browse Items (50 total)
- Collection: Russian Cartoons & Posters: From Red Tape to Red Square (G-1)
Travin, V., Bribe
Travin, V., Bribe, Rutgers, 1969
"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
—A bribe?!.. Never!..
—A present? Quite another matter…
The cartoon “unmasked” those officials that took…
Tags: Art, Bribery, Cartoons, Corruption, Fighting Pencil, Satire
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda, Rutgers & Continuum, 1971
"Poet: Kapralova, V. (The poem is omitted)
“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1971
Text on the scroll (from bottom up):
“To:
27. Further raise the…
Tags: Art, Brezhnev, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union, Stagnation
Travin, V., Orders
Travin, V., Orders, Rutgers, Continuum, 1981
"Poet: Yefimovski, Y.
He gave orders, many a task,
“Work harder!”—he was bellowing.
But he never left his desk
To check if team was…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
Travin, V., Pigsty
Travin, V., Pigsty, Rutgers, None
"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group
—Move the cattle operation,
Build a hog pen in this site!
New boss, new consideration.
—He is…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Change, Decision-Making, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me, Rutgers, 1973
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1973
The people choose to work in those places
That have well-organized and clean…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Labor Safety, Safety, Satire, Soviet Union
Travin, V., Look at the big picture
Travin, V., Look at the big picture, Rutgers, 1969
Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
The picture reads: “Our building after the renovation.”
Superintendent has a heart of…
Tags: Art, Fighting Pencil, Irony, Renovation, Satire
The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus: Minister to Constantinople
The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus: Minister to Constantinople, The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1887
Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) served as Minister to Constantinople from 1887-1889 at the pleasure of President Grover Cleveland. In 1898 President…
Tags: Constantinople, Oscar S. Straus, Ottoman Empire, Straus Family, Turkey
The Straus Historical Society, Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957)
The Straus Historical Society, Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957), The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1950s
Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957) was involved in charitable endeavors like his parents, Oscar S. and Sarah Lavanburg Straus, and his in-laws, Daniel…
Tags: Anti-Racism, Antisemitism, Charity, Model Homes, Religion, Roger Williams Straus, Straus Family
Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth...
Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth..., Rutgers, 1984
The vain crow, a forest ranger, has been outwitted by the fox. This time he gives the crow a bottle of vodka and makes off with the trees that she is…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Crow, Environment, Satire, Vodka