Postcard "Mobilization of the bourgeoisie"

The postcard entitled "Mobilization of the bourgeoisie" with the slogan "Proletarian under the gun, bourgeois under the broom" is a well-known example of Soviet propaganda during the Civil War in Of Russia. 

Artist: The author of the postcard is the famous Soviet graphic artist and cartoonist Dmitry Moore (Dmitry Stahievich Orlov).

Period: The postcard was created by the State Publishing House of the RSFSR in the period from 1918 to 1920.

Content: The image is satirical and agitational in nature. It opposes:

The bourgeoisie: Obese, caricatured men in expensive clothes (top hats, tuxedos, military uniforms of tsarist Russia).

Proletariat: Workers or soldiers who are armed (guns) and mobilized.

Symbolism: The postcard calls the working class to arms, while representatives of the propertied classes are forced into unskilled labor, symbolized by brooms. This was part of the policy of the time aimed at eliminating class inequality and using the labor of the bourgeoisie in public works. 

The print run of the postcard is unknown. Pollution. Guarantee of authenticity.