Portrait of the Emerald Buddha poster (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
A colour reproduction of a seated Buddha image in dark stone with gilded robes and a gilded base set with red stones, shown against a blue ground. The only printed words are a Thai imprint line at the foot naming the American information service. No slogan or argument is printed. The tell is transfer: reverence for a national religious image is placed beside the American service's imprint.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- January 15, 1958
- 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
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, January 15, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949058, 306-PPB-159).
Text on the object
สำนักข่าวสารอเมริกัน
American Information Service (U.S. Information Service)
Only the imprint line is printed; the pencil number at top right is an archival annotation and is not transcribed.
