Aqua Ballet poster for Oakland swimming team (English, Karachi)
An event poster for a synchronized swimming show by a team from Oakland, California, at Picnic Paradise in Landhi, with a performance for school children the next day. It carries a pool photograph of swimmers linked in a square, a portrait of coach Mrs. Norma J. Olsen with a trophy, ticket prices and sale points. The tell is plain-folks: an American community sports team is presented as ordinary ambassadors, and no political message is printed.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 25, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Karachi Swimming Association (sponsor as printed); distributed via U.S. Information Agency, Asia/Latin America/Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, October 25, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948820, 306-PPB-35).
Text on the object
AQUA BALLET The Synchronized Swimming Team of Oakland, California Mrs. Norma J. Olsen Coach of Team AT PICNIC PARADISE IN LANDHI Under sponsorship of KARACHI SWIMMING ASSOCIATION Sunday November 4 at 7 p.m. Performance for school children: Monday November 5 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets on sale at Y.M.C.A., Hotel Metropole, Central Hotel, Palace Hotel, Karachi Gymkhana: Rs. 10/- 5/- 3/- School Children Re. 1/- Rs. 5/- tickets include bus fare FEROZSONS, KARACHI.
