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
- Date
- July 24, 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
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Labor, Science and technology
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, July 24, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948973, 306-PPB-110a).
Text on the object
ເຄື່ອງມືຊ່າງໄມ້ ຄ້ອນ ໄມ້ສາກ ຂວານນ້ອຍ ນ້ຳຫຼຸງ ສະຫວ່ານເຫຼັກ ເລື່ອຍກັບປະ ເລື່ອຍຄັນ ກາບ
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.
