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Curtain Time U.S.A. poster, 1965 US poster: A cartoon poster of a smiling couple in red-and-white striped clothes, she waving

Curtain Time U.S.A. poster (English poster distributed in Beirut)

A cartoon poster of a smiling couple in red-and-white striped clothes, she waving a handkerchief and he raising a straw boater, under a red scalloped stage-curtain border. The sheet names the Department of State as presenter of 'Curtain Time U.S.A.' and gives no performance details. The tell is transfer: festive stage imagery and national colours are attached to the sponsoring government, with no dates, venue or content stated.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
February 2, 1965
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
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
Home front
Event
Cold War
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters 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, February 2, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949179, 306-PPB-255).

Text on the object

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

CURTAIN TIME
U.S.A.
A presentation of
The Department of State,
United States of America

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