A.U.A. Language Center poster, sounds th (theta-eth) (English-language poster distributed in Bangkok)
A pronunciation chart in a language-teaching set. A grey side-view diagram of the mouth shows the lips, teeth, palate and a cross-hatched tongue in the position for sounds th (theta-eth), with the phonetic symbols θ and ð joined by a dash printed at lower left and the line 'A.U.A. Language Center' below. The poster teaches English pronunciation and makes no political argument. The tell is transfer, only weakly: the instruction carries the language centre's name as its institutional authority.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- January 1, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- A.U.A. Language Center; U.S. Information Agency, 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
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Science and technology
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- 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, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948924, 306-PPB-83h).
Text on the object
θ - ð A.U.A. Language Center
Phonetic and letter symbols transcribed as printed; no other text on the sheet.
