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title: Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, July 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-july-greek-1958/
description: A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated July 1958, headed 'July 4, Independence Day'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, July 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)

A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated July 1958, headed 'July 4, Independence Day'. A night photograph of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial under fireworks sits among pictures of a U.S. aid-mission chief with a relief map of Greece, Greek navy ships, an industrial-safety exhibition in Athens, a nuclear-ship plaque, a missile launcher, NATO officers, a Red Cross polio-vaccine distribution and concept cars. The tell is card-stacking: only U.S. aid, alliance and technology items are selected, each captioned in terms of benefit to Greece.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΑ ΕΙΚΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΗΜΕΝΑ
ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ 1958

4 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ, ΗΜΕΡΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΙΑΣ

Ἡ 4η Ἰουλίου ἑορτάζεται μὲ μεγαλοπρέπειαν ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀμερικανούς, οἱ ὁποῖοι δὲν ξεχνοῦν πῶς πρὶν ἀπὸ 182 χρόνια, τὴν ἰδία ἡμέρα, οἱ πατέρες των διεκήρυξαν τὴν ἀνεξαρτησία των καὶ τὴν πίστι των εἰς τὶς ἀρχὲς τῶν δημοκρατικῶν ἰδεωδῶν.

[...]ACHINE GUARDING [...] ΠΡΟΦΥΛΑΞΙΣ ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΩΝ

ΔΙΑΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ
```

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

```
TOPICAL ILLUSTRATED. JULY 4, INDEPENDENCE DAY

The 4th of July is celebrated with magnificence by the Americans, who do not forget that 182 years ago, on the same day, their fathers proclaimed their independence and their faith in the principles of democratic ideals.

[...]ACHINE GUARDING [...] MACHINE GUARDING (exhibit sign, partly cropped)

Distributed free by the American Information Service
```

Only the masthead, date line, section headings, imprint and selected caption passages are transcribed; the many small photo captions are not reproduced in full. Polytonic accents are approximated from a downscaled scan.

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