Exposition Internationale de Phnom Penh poster (French-Khmer, Phnom Penh)
A blue poster announcing an international exposition in Phnom Penh. Flags on tall poles, among them the Cambodian flag with its temple, a row of national flags and two Olympic-ring flags, sweep along white brush strokes. The French text is set vertically at top left and the Khmer title runs across the lower middle. The tell is transfer: the flags and Olympic rings lend international standing to the exposition.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 16, 1955
- 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
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 16, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949052, 306-PPB-156).
Text on the object
CAMBODGE EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE PHNOM PENH ពិព័រណ៍អន្តរជាតិ ភ្នំពេញ [small Khmer initials at lower left, illegible]
CAMBODIA, International Exposition of Phnom Penh (French). International Exhibition, Phnom Penh (Khmer).
The French text is broken across lines in the layout (EXPO/SITION, INTER/NATIONALE). The Khmer title reading is a best effort.
