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Poster in Amharic of an AIDS red ribbon overlaid with purple illustrations of consequences of and how to prevent AIDS [descriptive]

Description:
Grey poster with an AIDS red ribbon that takes up the entire poster. Over the ribbon are printed purple and black drawings of people. The drawings look like pencil or ink work. Images are of people carrying a coffin, an older woman sitting on the ground holding her head in her hand, children wearing ragged clothing and signs of hunger, and a happy smiling couple.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic of an AIDS red ribbon overlaid with purple illustrations of consequences of and how to prevent AIDS [descriptive]

Fanta orange: taste the fun

Description:
Five people, 2 men and 3 women, some holding bottles of orange Fanta, stand happily at the foot of a Lion of Judah statue. The background is orange and filled with bubbles.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Fanta orange: taste the fun

Hypothetical before and after of a city scene [descriptive]

Description:
A textless poster of a circle split horizontally in half. Background is blue. Top half of the circle shows a deteriorating city. A factory spews smoke in the air. Dirty sewage water runs down a broken and cracked street. People dump their trash on the street. Farmers are selling fruits and vegetables on the street, while one tends his goats. Power lines are falling over. A man is urinating against a wall. On the bottom half, the factory is now farther away, outside the city. The streets and power lines are repaired. Women dump their trash in dumpsters and down drains, leaving the streets free of garbage. Many more plants and greenery are present in the lower half.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Hypothetical before and after of a city scene [descriptive]

Ethiopia

Description:
Image is of a drawing of an Ethiopian cross, elaborately latticed. The cross goes from purple to red-brown to blue from top to bottom. The title is in blue. The background of the poster is beige.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Description:
Image is of a drawing of an Ethiopian cross, elaborately latticed. The cross goes from purple to olive to green from top to bottom. The title is in green. The background of the poster is beige.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Poster with an illustration of a woman with parasites pulling plants from the ground beside a river [descriptive]

Description:
Poster with an illustration of a woman pulling plants from the ground beside a river and a banana tree. The woman's lungs, intestines and circulatory system are shown as though her body were transparent. There appear to be parasitic worms in her intestines, and emerging from her feet and her right hand, and on the ground near her feet and hands.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster with an illustration of a woman with parasites pulling plants from the ground beside a river [descriptive]

Ethiopian grain trade enterprise

Description:
Poster depicts elements of the Ethiopian grain trade, including a typical warehouse, transport, and cleaning facilities. In addition, types of grains and legumes are shown.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopian grain trade enterprise

Invest in Ethiopia

Description:
Along the left side of the poster: a cotton plant, a sheep, and an organic sesame plant. On the right side of the poster: two maps depicting the location of south Omo agricultural investment areas. Towards the bottom of the poster: four men shaking hands, and undeveloped forest land. Primary colors are green and yellow.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Invest in Ethiopia

Poster in Amharic of a woman in a doctor's office, with photos of food for nutrition suggestions at the bottom of the poster [descriptive]

Description:
A drawing of a woman sitting in a doctor's office. The male doctor is seated behind a desk. The woman has her left hand placed on her belly, as either in protection, or in pain. Along the bottom of the poster are three sections of photographs of food items divided up into what looks like proteins (meats, beans, eggs, dairy), starches (potatoes, corn, bread, plantains), and fruits and vegetables.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic of a woman in a doctor's office, with photos of food for nutrition suggestions at the bottom of the poster [descriptive]

Geared for production, guarded for protection

Description:
Three images on this safety poster, with arrows pointing at them. The top image is an aisle, with instructions to keep the aisle clear. The second image is a pair of gears. The third image is the same set of gears, but encased behind a safety cage.
Date:
[between 1977 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Geared for production, guarded for protection

We teach our children family life education, what about you?

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a man and woman standing over a boy and girl, who sit at a table reading a book. Papers surround the book with English text that reads "sex education" and "family life education." Above the illustration is a white outline of a house roof. At the bottom is an illustrated flower.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
We teach our children family life education, what about you?

Poster in Amharic depicting a field of cattle, herders, and a veterinarian artificially inseminating a cow [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a field with a path at the bottom right and huts and trees in the background; cattle are walking in the fields with herders; a veterinarian appears to be artificially inseminating a cow that is standing within an enclosure made of sticks; a doctor's bag, box, bottle, and motorcycle are beside the veterinarian.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a field of cattle, herders, and a veterinarian artificially inseminating a cow [descriptive]

Poster depicts a man holding a net containing examples of ways to catch HIV and talking to people surrounding the net [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of the following: a man with an HIV virus labeled on his shirt who is sitting and holding a net that contains a man getting a shot, a man with his arm around a woman and flirting with a waitress, a woman giving birth, a couple in bed, a pregnant woman, and a woman sitting on a man's lap; surrounding the net is a woman talking to a seated child while a man behind the child appears to be stepping into the net, a young man who is walking and holding a paper, and a young woman wearing a backpack.
Date:
[between 1986 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster depicts a man holding a net containing examples of ways to catch HIV and talking to people surrounding the net [descriptive]

National Lottery Administration, 90,000 Br. prize

Description:
A woman wearing a white dress or blouse sits smiling with head tilted to the side. She's holding a sign that reads "90,000." On the left of the poster is the drawing of a tree with red giant fruit with prize money amounts on them. An elephant leans against the tree. Prize tiers are listed under the woman's photo, with old prize amounts crossed out and new, larger amounts bolded.
Date:
[between 1980 and 1995]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
National Lottery Administration, 90,000 Br. prize

Don't you think VCT is necessary?

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a woman talking to a doctor in the doctor's office; on the doctor's desk are materials for explaining safe sex practices and on the wall is a poster illustrated with an AIDS ribbon.
Date:
[between 1984 and 1998?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Don't you think VCT is necessary?

Large hut made of branches with conical roof [descriptive]

Description:
Central image of the poster is a large round hut made out of branches and a conical roof. Behind the hut stands a grove of large, broad-leafed plants. Other smaller images around the poster include a round building with red, blue, and yellow pillars and a conical roof; a farmer plowing a field with two oxen; carved steles from Tiya; and a mosque. The right and left sides of the poster have been printed to look like strips of film.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Large hut made of branches with conical roof [descriptive]

Any end in sight?

Description:
Grey poster with an AIDS red ribbon that takes up the entire poster. Over the ribbon are printed purple and black drawings of people. The drawings look like pencil or ink work. Images are of people carrying a coffin, an older woman sitting on the ground holding her head in her hand, children wearing ragged clothing and signs of hunger, and a happy smiling couple.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Any end in sight?

Sitota

Description:
A movie poster for a film called "Sitota." Poster is black with four images photomontaged together. From top to bottom: a woman in a headscarf covers her face with her hand as she holds a crying baby. A blurry image of a man with long hair and white shirt. A woman with a light blue head scarf appears to be sobbing. A mustached and bearded man in a black turban and scarf, and a white robe. Title is in Amharic in yellow font, outlined in red. A yellow bar with possibly the movie company's or distributor's information runs across the bottom.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sitota

Sensation

Description:
Shows 4 beige condoms against a dark blue fabric background, and a box with the same image.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sensation

Power foam Omo multiactive detergent

Description:
A smiling boy in an red and white striped jersey, holds a soccer ball. The jersey and ball are streaked with mud. On the right side of the poster is an opened red, white, and blue bag of Omo laundry detergent.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Power foam Omo multiactive detergent

Ethiopian rehabilitation campaign

Description:
Poster with illustrations showing (1) 2 agricultural workers in a field, (2) 4 disabled men in military uniforms including 2 men with amputated legs in an open area in front of a building, (3) a woman carrying a jug or parcel entering a wooden building and a man with a hoe carried on his shoulder, (4) a man in a military uniform using a sewing machine and another man in uniform standing at a conveyor belt or trough-like table, (5) a medallion with the feather end of an arrow between 2 mountains, a tree and a dwelling with a conical roof, and (6) a square image with a man carrying a parcel on his head (left) and a soldier with an amputated leg (right).
Date:
[between 1992-1994 ?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopian rehabilitation campaign

Poster in Amharic depicting a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles, a man moving boxes on a dolly, and a woman behind a pile of papers [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts illustrations of the following: a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles with sheets on the table in front of him; a man moving boxes on a dolly, with a hammer on the ground in front of him; a woman holding a hand to her head with papers in front of her; all share a text bubble in the center, which appears to pertain to work cleanliness; the illustration is enclosed in a thin red border, with horizontal stripes at the top and bottom.
Date:
[between 1960 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles, a man moving boxes on a dolly, and a woman behind a pile of papers [descriptive]

Protect all rights of the elderly!

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of an elderly woman wearing a shawl over her shoulders and a necklace of large light brown beads and holding a small book; to the right is a small illustration of a woman holding a white cloth over the heads and backs of a seated elderly man and woman; the background is green, with gradated bars of light green and white at the top and bottom; the border is white.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Protect all rights of the elderly!

Terminology/Key Features

Description:
Poster consists of election terms in green ovals with definitions to their right. To the left of the election terms are illustrations of some of the terms. Background is yellow, with a red border on the bottom. The logo of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is in the top left-hand corner.
Date:
[between 1984 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Terminology/Key Features

Agency for Government Houses

Description:
Image is of a couple dozen people possibly planting seeds or doing some sort of gardening, maybe a conservation project. Background are hills covered in greenery and shrubs.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Agency for Government Houses

Conservation strategy of Ethiopia

Description:
Poster depicts a white circle with an illustration of hands holding a landscape that includes a mud hut, flowing water, an acacia tree, the sun, and clouds. Poster background is in green.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Conservation strategy of Ethiopia

Movie poster for a film by Thomas Mekonen [descriptive]

Description:
Top third of the film poster pictures three people, photomontaged together. From left to right, a woman wearing a black and red top or dress, has her arms chained in front of her and is crying; a man wearing a blue beret, and a blue shirt over a light-colored collared shirt; a man wearing a white collared shirt and holding a lit cigarette in his right hand. Underneath them is the title, and below that looks like a field with two paths cut through it.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Movie poster for a film by Thomas Mekonen [descriptive]

Poster of a woman gazing sadly at a book, with faded images of other people behind her [descriptive]

Description:
A poster in shades of brown. In the foreground a woman sits looking down at a book-like object, holding her neck in her hands. She looks despondent. In the background are faded, transparent images of people: a man, a woman with her hand to her cheek, a sleeping woman wearing a dark headscarf, and someone wearing sunglasses. There is also a blurry image of a car tire at the top of the poster. Possibly a film poster.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster of a woman gazing sadly at a book, with faded images of other people behind her [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting three men on a path leading to a church [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of three men on a flower-lined path leading to a church; Amharic-language text bubbles around the men pertain to Jesus and AIDS; two of the men are looking at the church, and one man is holding his face in his hands; over the church is an arch of light that reads "Jesus" in Amharic; a row of trees is on the horizon.
Date:
[between 1986 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting three men on a path leading to a church [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting illustrations of houses in various states of repair and disrepair [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts illustrations of the following: a family in the backyard of their house; a woman tying a clothesline to the beam of a dilapidated house that is pulling a fence down while men look; two men in suits, one of whom has the organization's logo on his jacket, and two men carrying tools in front of a dilapidated house; a man painting the house while the men in suits talk to each other; three men in suits overhearing two other men in suits talk to each other.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting illustrations of houses in various states of repair and disrepair [descriptive]

Let us eradicate harmful traditional practices affecting woman and children

Description:
Poster depicts 11 illustrations that are labeled as follows: "female genital mutilation," "incision of upper eyelid," "extracting milk teeth," "raping," "child labor," "child sexual abuse," "underage marriage," "beating wives & children," "abduction," "incision of epiglottis," and "unspaced birth of children." At the bottom center is the contact information of Bistrat Development and Aid Organization.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Let us eradicate harmful traditional practices affecting woman and children

Agency for Government Houses

Description:
Streetview of Addis Ababa which includes the Ethiopian National Theatre with Lion of Judah statue, along with several high-rise buildings in the background and blue-and-white taxis.
Date:
between 1990 and 2010
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Agency for Government Houses

March 8

Description:
Poster depicts a high contrast photomontage of women on a gradated yellow and purple background, with the flag of Ethiopia on the bottom.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
March 8

Maternal and child health care for healthy citizen

Description:
Five images of a pregnant woman and later that woman with a child. Top left: mother consulting a nurse and receiving medication. Top right: mother receiving an examination from a nurse. Center: mother carrying a happy child. Bottom left: A room of mothers and pregnant women listening to a nurse give a presentation. Bottom right: mother holds a child while a nurse gives the child medicine.
Date:
[between 1985 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Maternal and child health care for healthy citizen

Black-and-white poster chiefly in Amharic depicting five illustrations related to ballots [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts five illustrations in gray ovals of the following: a clock with the hands pointing to 12:00; a locked ballot box; a notebook related to voter registration with a finger pointing at a line and a speech bubble reading "1.2.3........."; three piles of ballots and a speech bubble reading "1.2.3........."; a hand punching a button on a calculator with a calculation to the right.
Date:
[between 1984 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Black-and-white poster chiefly in Amharic depicting five illustrations related to ballots [descriptive]

Election day - before voting begins

Description:
Poster consists of illustrations and text that describe how to set up a polling station. Poster background colors are yellow, green, and red, and the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia logo is in the top left-hand corner.
Date:
[between 1984 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Election day - before voting begins

Bonded for safety, loaded to kill

Description:
Safety poster with two images. Top image: Man working with a pallet of boxes, standing next to a precariously balanced stack of boxes, ready to tip over onto him. Bottom image: Man on a scaffold laying bricks and drops bricks on man working below him.
Date:
[between 1977 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Bonded for safety, loaded to kill