Atom for Peace Exhibition (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut)
A blue, red and white Arabic poster announcing the exhibition 'Atom for Peace' at the UNESCO Hall, Beirut. A central atom diagram is ringed by a microscope, a wheat sheaf, a medical caduceus and a cogwheel, under a banner headline. It names the Lebanese Atomic Energy Committee and the American Embassy as sponsors. The tell is transfer: the atom symbol is placed among medicine, farming, industry and science, and tied to the word 'peace'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 8, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the 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
- Science and technology
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 8, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948731, 306-PPB-4).
Text on the object
الذرة لأجل السلام [ring text, partly hidden:] ... ذرة لأجل السلام معرض "الذرة لأجل السلام" برعاية لجنة الطاقة الذرية اللبنانية والسفارة الأميركية في قاعة اليونسكو ابتداء من يوم الخميس 15 آذار حتى 31 منه يوميا: من الساعة 3,30 بعد الظهر حتى 7,30 مساء. الدخول مجانا
The atom for peace. Exhibition 'The Atom for Peace', under the patronage of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Committee and the American Embassy, in the UNESCO Hall, from Thursday 15 March until the 31st of it, daily from 3:30 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the evening. Admission free.
