Exhibition of Paintings poster, USIS Sketch Club (Karachi)
A two-colour poster for an exhibition of paintings by members of the USIS Sketch Club, opening on 8 August 1957 at the Y.W.C.A. Hall, Bunder Road, 'in celebration of Pakistan Independence Day'. A line drawing of a woman and child among leaves and birds sits beside a painter's palette. The tell is transfer: a national holiday of the host country is used to lend occasion to a U.S. information post's art club.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- July 3, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- USIS Sketch Club (U.S. Information Service), 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
- Media and information
- 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, July 3, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948823, 306-PPB-38).
Text on the object
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS By The U.S.I.S. SKETCH CLUB MEMBERS IN CELEBRATION OF PAKISTAN INDEPENDENCE DAY TO BE OPENED ON AUGUST 8, 1957, AT 5-30 P.M. AT Y.W.C.A. HALL, BUNDER ROAD The exhibition will remain open to the public until August 10, 1957, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The paintings will be on sale. [artist signature, partly legible]
