Chairman Mao Zedong Badges & Ephemera

On the occasion of Mao’s 111th birthday, Getty Images has posted some photos of collector’s house full of Mao portraits, sculptures and badges. The large images are watermarked, which is a little distracting, but they’re interesting none the less. There’s another Getty Images gallery here, featuring some folks selling old Cultural Revolution-era posters (probably to foreigners, since most Chinese I met didn’t have the slightest interest interest in the subject). A keyword search of the site also reveals all kinds of great Mao imagery.

Edit: Links to GettyImages.com seem to be a little wonky — maybe by design on their part — so if they’re not working for you, just go to the main news page and do a keyword search on Mao Zedong. That should pull up all the relevant photos.