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title: Carpenter tools poster, sheet A (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/carpenter-tools-poster-sheet-a-lao-vientiane-1956/
description: A Lao-language instructional poster headed with the name of carpenter's tools. Tagged by technique, with source and rights. (1 of 2)
section: Collection
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[![Carpenter tools poster, sheet A, 1956 US poster: A Lao-language instructional poster headed with the name of carpenter's](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/carpenter-tools-poster-sheet-a-lao-vientiane-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/carpenter-tools-poster-sheet-a-lao-vientiane-1956.jpg)

# Carpenter tools poster, sheet A (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A Lao-language instructional poster headed with the name of carpenter's tools. Four rows of circular vignettes each pair a hand using a tool with a labelled drawing of the tool: hammer, try square, hatchet, spirit level, hand drill, hand saw, frame saw and plane. Figures are drawn as working craftsmen. No slogan, sponsor or imprint is printed. The tell is plain-folks: ordinary tradesmen are shown doing the work, and the poster promotes tool knowledge and use only.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
ເຄື່ອງມືຊ່າງໄມ້

ຄ້ອນ
ໄມ້ສາກ
ຂວານນ້ອຍ
ນ້ຳຫຼຸງ
ສະຫວ່ານເຫຼັກ
ເລື່ອຍກັບປະ
ເລື່ອຍຄັນ
ກາບ
```

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

```
Carpenter's tools

Hammer
Square
Small axe
Level
Hand drill
Hand saw
Frame saw
Plane
```

Labels are a best reading of the Lao script; the final label and the level's label are uncertain.

[← 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/) [Carpenter tools poster, sheet B (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/carpenter-tools-poster-sheet-b-lao-vientiane-1956/)

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