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17th century church painting: Debre Birhan Selassie (Gondar)

Description:
A reproduction of the ceiling at the Debre Birhan Selassie church. Image consists of rows of heads right side up and upside down, surrounded by light blue, green, and brown auras or wings. In between each row of heads (three heads per row, alternating orientation) is a checkerboard type pattern of green, orange, and white. Border is white.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
17th century church painting: Debre Birhan Selassie (Gondar)

17th century church painting: Debre Birhan Selassie (Gondar)

Description:
A reproduction of the ceiling at the Debre Birhan Selassie church. Image consists of rows of heads right side up and upside down, surrounded by light blue, green, and brown auras or wings. In between each row of heads (three heads per row, alternating orientation) is a checkerboard type pattern of green, orange, and black. Border is black.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
17th century church painting: Debre Birhan Selassie (Gondar)

Axum: Ethiopia

Description:
A person with dreadlocks or braids wears an orange robe and olive green head wrap. They might be selling souvenirs. In front of the person is a yellow and blue umbrella. In the background stand numerous steles, for which Aksum is known.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gerster, Georg, 1928-
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Axum: Ethiopia

Black-and-white poster chiefly in Amharic depicting eight illustrations related to voting [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts eight illustrations in gray circles of the following: a group of four people sitting at a desk with a man standing beside them, three people in business casual attire standing beside each other, a police officer holding a rifle on his shoulder and a baton in one of his hands, a camcorder and a piece of paper reading "NEBE" with a check mark, a group of five people sitting in chairs, a man sitting in a chair with a thought bubble over his head showing a question mark and a pen and paper on his lap, a car and a piece of paper reading "NEBE" with a check mark, and a man leading a blind man.
Date:
[between 1984 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Black-and-white poster chiefly in Amharic depicting eight illustrations related to voting [descriptive]

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]

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

Cholera/AWD treatment procedure

Description:
A flowchart on how to treat cholera patients, depending on the severity of dehydration. The Ethiopian flag is in the upper left corner. The World Health Organization logo is in the upper right corner.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Cholera/AWD treatment procedure

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

Diplomat Luxury Furnished Apartments

Description:
Photos of the exterior and interior of an apartment building. Includes views of the dining room/kitchen, living room, bedroom, gym, reception area, balcony, and the front of the building.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Diplomat Luxury Furnished Apartments

Don't perpetuate FGM

Description:
Poster depicts illustration of four men and one woman pointing at three women. Two of the three women hold their fingers at their mouths, and the third holds her hand to her face. One of the three women is sitting beside a basket surrounded by four knives, and another carries a baby on her back.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Don't perpetuate FGM

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?

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

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

Ethiopia

Description:
E.T.T.C. could possibly stand for Ethiopian Tourism and Travel Commission, Ethiopian Tourism and Trade Commission, or Ethiopian Tourist Trading Corporation.
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 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:
The image is shot looking through a shadowed cross-shaped cut-out. Centered on the other side of the cut-out is an Ethiopian priest, holding a cross and an open book. He is wearing a white turban and light-colored robes and facing the camera.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Gerster, Georg, 1928-
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Description:
Two Hamer girls sit, leaning against each other. One is looking towards the left side of the poster, face in profile; the other girl is partially covering her face with her hand, looking at the camera. Both are heavily adorned with jewelry: beaded necklaces, silver and gold bangles, metal arm and leg bands, beaded headbands. They are also wearing some sort of cross-body straps made up of what looks like leather and shells.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Description:
An Amer girl (Hamer?) is shown from the shoulders up, looking to the right side of the poster. Her hair has numerous tiny dreadlocks, and she is wearing large metal chokers and metal earrings.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Vallee, P.
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Description:
Mostly orange and black photo of a sunset over the Omo River in Ethiopia. Goose-type birds and three people carrying items are wading through the water, silhouetted by the setting sun.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: 13 months of sunshine

Ethiopia: Harrar

Description:
Poster is focused on three Ethiopian women standing amongst others and trees. All women have their heads covered. The woman on the left is carrying a basket containing a wrapped object on her head, and her head covering is brown. The woman in the middle is wearing an orange head covering and bright blue dress. She is carrying a gourd in her right hand. The woman on the right is carrying a gourd in her left hand and a measuring cup in her right. The woman on the right is in the process of either adding or removing something from the middle woman's gourd with the cup.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Kyriazis-Zervos
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopia: Harrar

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

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)

Description:
Informational page in English about the Ethiopian Red Cross with the following sections: Historical Background, Organizational Structure, Services of the Society (Relief Programmes, Rehabilitation Programmes, Disaster Prevention Programme, Disaster Preparedness), Health and Social Services (Blood Bank Service, First Aid Service, Essential Drugs Distribution Programme, Refugee Service, Tracing Service, Service for Disabled People), Red Cross Youth, Public Relations Dissemination, and Training.
Date:
[between 1990-2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

National Tourist and Travel Agency

Description:
Side 2: Primarily images. Seal for the National Tourist and Travel Agency (NTTA) in the middle of the poster in black. Seal consists of drawings of a stele at Axum, the Church of St. George in Lalibela, Fasilides Castle, and the Lion of Judah statue in Addis Ababa. Above the black seal is the logo for NTTA in brown. Another logo is under the seal for an unidentified company and consists of a filled-in outline of Ethiopia, over which a running white horse is superimposed. Underneath the horse is the word, "Wollo." Black and white photos are placed around the seal and logos and consist of a stele at Axum, Church of St. George at Lalibela, the Blue Nile Falls, two tour buses which seem to be associated with the Wollo logo, a pile of fish, workers by what appears to be piles of salt, some boats, and Fasilides Castle.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
National Tourist and Travel Agency

People following proper hygiene while prepping food [descriptive]

Description:
A scene with many people prepping food for eating. In the center are two people being served the finished food. Around the couple are a woman gathering eggs near a henhouse, a woman breastfeeding, a young man and woman prepping and washing carrots, a woman preparing a cabbage, a woman boiling water or a liquid, a young boy assisting an old man in washing his hands, two women washing dishes, a woman grinding something with a rolling pin, two women using a mortar and pestle, a woman carrying fruit in a bag or basket, and two men carrying sacks on their shoulders.
Date:
1989 or 1996/1997
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
People following proper hygiene while prepping food [descriptive]

Poster about orphans and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa neighborhoods [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a collage that consists of a purple illustration of a girl and boy, both of whom are seated. The girl holds what appears to be a ball and faces the boy, and the boy crosses his legs and holds his hands in his lap. Photographs of children's arms extend from the left and right sides of the poster, with open hands beside text printed in yellow. The background is a photograph of a green hilly landscape.
Date:
[between 1994 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster about orphans and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa neighborhoods [descriptive]

Poster depicts three arrows flying toward a target [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts three arrows flying toward a target; the arrows are labeled with Amharic terms, and the target is labeled with the Amharic term for "human rights" in the center and with other Amharic terms on points radiating from the center; background is green with dark green notches; top and bottom borders are brown.
Date:
[between 1993 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster depicts three arrows flying toward a target [descriptive]

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

Protect our environment

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a three-petal flower; a man's head is in the center with his hands covering his ears and a white mask covering his eyes; one petal has a green border and shows a person spraying pesticide, another person dumping content from a container into a river, and cows grazing around and wading in the river; another petal has a blue border and shows a lit cigarette, a fire, a car emitting exhaust near a group of huts or houses, and a factory emitting smoke; the last petal has a pink border and shows a bell, a car appearing to make noise, a man using a jack hammer, and a man using a hammer or mallet. Illustrations of small, multicolored flowers are in the background.
Date:
[between 1994 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Protect our environment

Red Cross basic principles

Description:
Front of poster depicts illustrated red cross in center, printed with Red Cross Basic Principles and flanked by black-and-white photographs of Ethiopian Red Cross Society efforts. Back of poster contains text about the following aspects of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society: its historical background, organizational structure, services, youth clubs, public relations and dissemination, and training.
Date:
[between 1992 and 1999]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Red Cross basic principles

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

Take the lead

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of a group of people of both genders and of various ages and dress (including traditional Ethiopian, professional, and Western style) pointing toward an illustration of the following: an AIDS ribbon with an anthropomorphic globe that is crying within its loop, a hand possibly labeled in Amharic "abstinence," two rings tied together with red ribbon possibly labeled in Amharic "to decide," and an anthropomorphic condom possibly labeled in Amharic "to benefit." Background is gradated white and green.
Date:
[between 1992 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Take the lead

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