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title: American Political System exhibit poster (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/american-political-system-exhibit-chinese-taipei-1958/
description: A Chinese-language blank exhibit poster. Three yellow line drawings of government buildings, including a domed Capitol-style building.
section: Collection
---

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# American Political System exhibit poster (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)

A Chinese-language blank exhibit poster. Three yellow line drawings of government buildings, including a domed Capitol-style building, sit on a teal ground, with two blank boxes marked for the time and place to be filled in locally. The red title announces an illustrated exhibition on the American system of government. The tell is transfer: familiar monumental buildings stand in for the whole constitutional system.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese (Traditional)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
美國政治制度
圖解展覽
時
地
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The American political system
Illustrated exhibition
Time
Place
```

Title lines are set right to left in the printing; given here in reading order. The time and place boxes are empty.

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