I assume you're not thinking of the [link|http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/diebold/adworks.htm|Diebold Variations].
I can vaguely remember seeing something like your description, but I don't think it was from Rand. Are you sure it wasn't Alex or Arkadiy? Nothing jumped in my search for posts from them, either.
How about these?
[link|http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24912611-v|Coal shoveler] from Australia.
[link|http://goto.glocalnet.net/sm5iq/raem_tj2.jpg|Soviet radio operator].
I've had no luck searching for Buddha in glasses on a lotus flower.
Cheers,
Scott.