Rare German WW1 Propaganda Posters

It says, "Niclolas! Nicholas! Dare you just get out of Moscow!. With the sabers we will make Russian salad out of you!"

"Germania" 1914. A painting by Freidrich August von Kaulbach

WHO WAS KAULBACH?

Son of the panter Friedrich von Kaulbach. He studied with is father in Hanover and in 1868 in Nürnberg with August von Kreling und Karl Raupp. In 1871 he copied the old masters in Dresden. In 1872 he moved to Munich, where he married and had a studio in the Schwantalerstrasse. Following the advice of Lenbach he travelled to Italy in 1873-1874. Together with Gedon, Lenbach and Makart he went to Antwerpen during the Rubens year in 1877. He became popular in Munich after he painted the Schuetzenliesl" for a beer hall in Munich. In 1882 he became a member of the academy in Berlin. He had started with genre pieces, but from 1883 onwards he specialised in portraits. During this time he visited Paris several times and saw the works of Gustave Courbet. In 1886 he was knighted by Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria and he succeeded Karl von Piloty as the director of the academy in Munich. In 1887-1889 Gabriel von Seidl built a city palace for him in Munich and in 1897 he married for the second time. His new wife was the Danish violinist Fride Scotta. In 1898 he portrayed wilhelm II. Among his friends were Lenbach, Von Stuck and Gulbransson. In recent years his house in the small Bavarian village Ohlsdorf has opened as a museum.

http://androom.home.xs4all.nl/biography/p011551.htm

This 1916 poster shows the German Emperor Kaiser Welhelm at the grave of a German soldier

It says, "Homeland . Have no fear."

"Faithful arms. Brotherhood"

Caption says" Hindenburg: So, you pointed Russian boys now bring the stolen pretty carefully not to Berlin to Petrograd!"

"The eight-headed-hydra". Germany and Austria fights its foes.

Wilhelm II: "Before God and history is my conscience is clear I have not wanted the war.." A 1915 poster

The Allies have taken a beating

Hindenburg prepares arms for Germany

Germany and Austria checkmate the Allies

"The European Balance 1914"

Taming the Russian bear

Jesus blesses the German army

"With full steam ahead, we are with you"

The Russian bear is washed

"Dear homeland, have no fear"

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Rare Russian WW1 Propaganda Posters

A pre-WW1 Russian poster saying that Russian would give Germany (the figure is Kaiser Wilhelm 2) a good thrashing if it dared attacking Russia. The future turned out much differently.

German Emperor Wilhelm shown as a warmonger

A 1916 fund-raising poster

The Russian Czar Nicholas 2 the Peacemaker, lauded by Mother Russia

1914 Russian poster. The upper inscription reads "agreement". The uncertain Britannia (right) and Marianne (left) look to the determined Mother Russia (centre) to lead them in the coming war. 

"The eye, not the bullet travels through the heart."

The German's shadow shows death

Mother Russia

An Italian propaganda poster. It says "He (Germany) thought he would make the bear (Russia) dance but the bear made him dance"

German atrocities in Poland, 1914-18

A 1914 Russian poster. Full of hot air and nothing else it seems in hindsight. Russia left the Great War in 1917.

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Cream or Sugar?

I seem to be starting a collection of cream and sugar dishes, especially creamers. You all know I have a weakness for pitchers..... Mini pitchers are even cuter!

And if they are cobalt blue glass, so much the better! I was thrilled to run across this set at an antique shop recently. I have never seen a prettier set. Don't you love the detail on the rim? At one time it also had a platinum edging.

 I also have acquired these two creamers in the past year. They are so pretty I keep them on my dresser. I love the shape of the one on the left. It has a Bavarian stamp on the bottom. The other creamer on the right shouts 1920s to me. It doesn't have a mark on the bottom, so I can't be sure. But round shape + stripes + roses = 1920s in my opinion. What do you think? Can you imagine a marcelled matron in her drop-waist gown pouring cream from it?

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Tuesday Training (4)

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As I mentioned last week, I have been very unmotivated lately as far as running goes. However, this has not stopped me from getting out there and doing it anyway! I spent one of the weekends in Massachusetts, where it was HOT and humid. The rest of the time, I've been running in Santa Cruz, where its been in the 70s mostly. For both weeks, I pretty much ditched my speed work and am mostly running what some would call "junk miles". Junk or not, I am just happy that I managed to do any!

One thing I am really noticing lately is that the more I run, the more I eat. I know this is nothing new, but on my rest days, I am always hungry, so I am continuously eating! I'm like a 12 year old boy, appetite-wise. Also, I have a sock tan line which is pretty attractive.

Week 1 - 4
Week 5 - 8
Week 9 - 11

Week 12 - 13

Week 12:

Phoenix Rail Trail

Monday: Rest -- my right calf was giving me pain
Tuesday: Rest -- still in pain, so I decided to take an extra day of rest
Wednesday: 12 miles @ 9:36 pace (calf still hurting)
Thursday: 12.5 miles @ 9:53 pace (hilly trail run)
Friday: 7 miles -- 6 @ 9:40 pace / 1 mile walk on beach in middle
Saturday: Rest -- Travel Day
Sunday: 9 miles @ 9:00 pace

Total Miles: 40.5
Overall feeling: Tired

Week 13:

Norwottuck Rail Trail

Monday: 6 miles @ 8:57 pace (Norwottuck Rail Trail)
Tuesday: 8.5 miles @ 9:19 pace (Phoenix Rail Trail)
Wednesday: Rest -- Travel Day
Thursday: 11 miles @ 8:46 pace
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 10 miles @ 8:31 pace
Sunday: 20 miles @ 9:06 pace (Wilder Ranch)

Total Miles: 55.5
Overall feeling: Okay (better than last week!)

Wilder Ranch SP

What I have learned these past two weeks is that...I don't think I can sustain the required BQ pace of an 8 minute mile for 26.2 miles! I am having a hard enough time sustaining a 9 minute mile! This weekend I have a half marathon, which should give me an idea of my race pace, but I am feeling like maybe I am biting off more than I can chew with the BQ goal right now.

How is your training going? Do you have a hard time maintaining your pace in the heat?

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