1920: the noble spirit of Edward Gorey descends over a Soviet library

nypl.digitalcollections.510d47da-401e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.wP“Reading is one of the obligations of a man.”

Russian Revolutionary Era Propaganda Posters, Harold M. Fleming Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-401e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. Artist: S. Ivanov. Published 1920. Photoshopped.

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