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Collecting a Big Harvest, Hui County, Henan 1961
The Backyard Furnace as Art, 1958
土法炼铁，卢西林，1958
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王维新, 筑新路， 1959
王维新, 筑新路， 1959 This is a rather different representation of workers building a new road than one finds in propaganda of the time. There is no clear message. There is no leader. There is no glory. There is no direction. There is not even much of a road. Source
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A Five-Year Old, China 1958
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This picture is interesting, because it show Mao bent over, Typically, pictures of Mao show him standing up or sitting down, but his face is usually visible and he is at the center of action. Here Mao is still at the center, but he is bent over, honoring his parents.
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The Great Leap Forward Canteen of the Haidian’s People’s Commune, Beijing 1958
The canteen provided food three times a day, and everyone was supposed to eat together. The slogan at the time was "吃饭不花钱，努力搞生产.” From this expression, it is apparent that communal canteens were one version of the work for food programs, common worldwide during the twentieth century.
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Trying on Shoes, China 1958
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A Backyard Furnace Head Holds a Class of the Local “Smelting Iron University,” Henan 1958
Given that Henan was one of the provinces hardest hit by the Famine that resulted from the Great Leap Forward. It is very likely that at least a few of the people in this photo died from food shortages in the following one to three years.
Everyday Life in Mao's China 