Buddha Anniversary poster (Lao, distributed in Vientiane)
A landscape Lao-language colour poster with a painted view of a gilded stupa rising behind a walled temple compound with a gateway, trees, and three small celestial figures in the sky. Lao captions name the Kingdom of Laos and Vientiane and mark the 2,500th Buddhist Era anniversary, with a date of 11-5-1957. The imprint states it was printed by the United States Information Service. The tell is transfer: reverence for the national shrine and the religious anniversary is attached to the U.S. as sponsor.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- August 14, 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
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Asia/LatAm/Mid-East posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 14, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948945, 306-PPB-95).
Text on the object
ພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ ວຽງຈັນ ທີ່ຣະລຶກສລອງ ພ.ສ. ໒໕໐໐ ວັນທີ 11-5-1957 ເດືອນ [illegible] ພ.ສ. ໒໕໐໐ [Lao imprint line, illegible] - Printed by the United States Information Service
Kingdom of Laos, Vientiane. Commemoration of the celebration of Buddhist Era 2500, date 11-5-1957. Month [illegible], Buddhist Era 2500. Printed by the United States Information Service.
Lao spelling read approximately; one date word and the small Lao imprint line are not legible.
