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title: 'Chitra Katha photo poster No. 8: Texas Tower radar station (Bengali, Dacca)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-8-bengali-dacca-1957/
description: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca headed 'Sea Sentinel' about a U.S. Air Force radar and weather station on a tower platform in the Atlantic.
section: Collection
---

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[![Chitra Katha photo poster No. 8: Texas Tower radar station, 1957 US poster: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-8-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-8-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)

# Chitra Katha photo poster No. 8: Texas Tower radar station (Bengali, Dacca)

A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca headed 'Sea Sentinel' about a U.S. Air Force radar and weather station on a tower platform in the Atlantic, about 110 miles off the northeast coast. Photographs show airmen at radio, radar and observation posts and a helicopter on the platform. The tell is plain-folks: named ordinary sergeants and airmen at work present the air-defence system as routine, skilled labour.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
চিত্র কথা

সাগর প্রহরী

Issue No. 8.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
```

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

```
Chitra Katha (Pictorial Story)

Sea sentinel

Issue No. 8.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
```

Only the masthead, headline and printed imprint lines are transcribed; the Bengali photo captions and body columns are small and are not transcribed in full.

[← Buddhist Anniversary poster (Khmer, distributed in Phnom Penh)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buddhist-anniversary-poster-khmer-1957/) [Richard Tucker opera recital (Chinese-English poster distributed in Taipei) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/richard-tucker-opera-recital-chinese-1957/)

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