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title: Be Wise Save Your Eyes, Sight-Saving Week poster (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/be-wise-save-your-eyes-sight-saving-week-manila-1956/
description: A public-health poster in stylised grey, yellow and blue. An owl sits between the words 'Be wise' and a large 'Save your eyes'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Be Wise Save Your Eyes, Sight-Saving Week poster, 1956 US poster: A public-health poster in stylised grey, yellow and blue](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/be-wise-save-your-eyes-sight-saving-week-manila-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/be-wise-save-your-eyes-sight-saving-week-manila-1956.jpg)

# Be Wise Save Your Eyes, Sight-Saving Week poster (English poster distributed in Manila)

A public-health poster in stylised grey, yellow and blue. An owl sits between the words 'Be wise' and a large 'Save your eyes', with a black cat with green eyes beside a panel announcing Sight-Saving Week, 1-7 August 1956, and advice to get a free eye-check at the nearest hospital or clinic. The poster makes no political argument. The tell is plain-folks, only weakly: friendly animal figures and a simple rhyme carry an everyday health message.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BE WISE
SAVE YOUR
EYES

SIGHT-SAVING WEEK
AUGUST 1-7, 1956

Get a free eye-check from your nearest hospital or clinic

[signature, lower left:] [illegible]
```

[← Smothered!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/smothered-berryman-1956/) [July 4th, 1956 poster: Magsaysay and Nixon speeches (English poster distributed in Manila) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/july-4th-1956-poster-magsaysay-nixon-manila-1956/)

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