---
title: Burma America Picture News Poster (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-america-picture-news-poster-97a-burmese-1956/
description: 'A teal-masthead Burmese photo-sheet with nine captioned photographs of exchange and cultural contacts: Americans examining artefacts.'
section: Collection
---

1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/)
2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)
3. Burma America Picture News Poster

[![Burma America Picture News Poster, 1956 US poster: A teal-masthead Burmese photo-sheet with nine captioned photographs](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/burma-america-picture-news-poster-97a-burmese-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/burma-america-picture-news-poster-97a-burmese-1956.jpg)

# Burma America Picture News Poster (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)

A teal-masthead Burmese photo-sheet with nine captioned photographs of exchange and cultural contacts: Americans examining artefacts, a book presentation before microphones, an animal skeleton, a Native American dancer performing for children, a Burmese dance troupe in Washington, a television set, a reading of a document and three women outside the White House. It presents the US as welcoming Burmese visitors. The tell is plain-folks: domestic and family scenes carry the message.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
မြန်မာ အမေရိကန် သတင်းရုပ်စုံ
[photo captions in Burmese script, not transcribed]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Burma American Pictorial News
[photo captions not translated]
```

Burmese-language masthead and nine photo captions; no sponsor or imprint is printed.

[← Might as well remove that sign.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-might-as-well-remove-that-sign-1956/) [Smothered! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/smothered-berryman-1956/)

## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques

- [Trois Tetes sous l'meme bonnet (three heads under the same cap)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/trois-tetes-sous-le-meme-bonnet-1789/) (France · 1789 · Plain folks, Glittering generalities)
- ['This log cabin was the first building erected on the North Bend', Whig print by T. Sinclair, 1840](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/harrison-north-bend-log-cabin-sinclair-1840/) (United States · 1840 · Plain folks, Transfer)
- [Treeing Coons (pro-Polk cartoon), 1844](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/treeing-coons-polk-1844/) (United States · 1844 · Name-calling, Plain folks)
- [Zachary Taylor, People's Candidate for President (Currier banner), 1848](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/taylor-fillmore-peoples-candidate-1848/) (United States · 1848 · Plain folks, Glittering generalities)
- ['Little Mac.' (from the Democratic presidential campaign songster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/little-mac-song-sheet-feeks-1864/) (United States · 1864 · Bandwagon, Plain folks)
- [The peoples' choice, H. Greeley G. Brown](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peoples-choice-greeley-brown-1872/) (United States · 1872 · Bandwagon, Plain folks)
- [The working-man's banner. For President, Ulysses S. Grant, 'The Galena Tanner.' For Vice-President, Henry Wilson, 'The Natick Shoemaker.'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/working-mans-banner-grant-1872/) (United States · 1872 · Plain folks, Transfer)
- [The Chappaqua farmer](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chappaqua-farmer-1872/) (United States · Jul 1872 · Plain folks, Glittering generalities)