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
- Date
- July 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- USIS Greece, for U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military, Science and technology
- 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, 1 January 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948778, 306-PPB-29a).
Text on the object
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
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.
