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title: CARE milk gift poster, 13,000 tons (English poster distributed in the Philippines)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/care-milk-gift-13000-tons-english-philippines-1958/
description: A CARE gift poster for the Philippines. A hand in a suit sleeve pours a bottle of milk from a map of the United States into a glass marked '13,000 tons
section: Collection
---

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# CARE milk gift poster, 13,000 tons (English poster distributed in the Philippines)

A CARE gift poster for the Philippines. A hand in a suit sleeve pours a bottle of milk from a map of the United States into a glass marked '13,000 tons of milk' beside a map of the Philippine islands and a schoolhouse. The text credits the gift to 'the people of the United States' and counts over 1,300,000 children in more than 8,000 schools. The tell is transfer: the gift is credited to the American public in a single image.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
GIFT through
CARE

FROM THE PEOPLE
OF THE
UNITED STATES
TO THE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
OF THE
PHILIPPINES

13,000
TONS
OF
MILK

MILK
FOR OVER 1,300,000 CHILDREN
IN MORE THAN 8,000 SCHOOLS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
```

No imprint is printed on the sheet; a handwritten pencil number appears at top right.

[← Story of Hungary poster No. 1: Comes to the Philippines (English, Manila)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/story-of-hungary-poster-1-comes-to-philippines-manila-1958/) [Portrait of the Emerald Buddha poster (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/emerald-buddha-portrait-poster-thai-bangkok-1958/)

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