Filipino Students Look at America poster No. 2 (English, Manila)
Photographs from the 'My Impressions of America' contest sponsored by the Photographic Society of America: a boy raking leaves, a football game, a boy at a mailbox and a hamburger counter, each with a quoted caption and a portrait of the Filipino student who took it. A text box ties the contest to President Eisenhower's People-to-People program. The tell is plain-folks: everyday American scenes seen through Filipino students' eyes, with praise in captions ('the best efforts of a man are his honest, sincere labors').
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- November 26, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- 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
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, November 26, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949044, 306-PPB-151b).
Text on the object
FILIPINO STUDENTS Look At AMERICA "DIGNITY OF LABOR" "LITTLE SANDY goes about his task unashamed to work for pay, but it would be unthinkable in many countries. Maybe that is why so many nations seem to take themselves lightly...not starting young enough to learn that the best efforts of a man are his honest, sincere labors." Dani Dumuk-Aguila Bauang, La Union, Philippines "GROWING RESPONSIBILITY" "YOUNG JOHN DOE, the kid next door, is typical of young America, willing to accept responsibilities entrusted by loved ones, friends and the community. An errand here and there, insignificantly small, mayhaps, but certainly when added up together make the sum total of what he can contribute...to the future, America's leadership may perhaps be reflected in this scene of a boy, reaching for the mail box, eagerly, willingly, cheerfully." "SIX POINTS" "The American craze for football...the touchdown." Mario L. Santaromana Quezon City, Philippines "THE AMERICAN AND HIS DRINK" Edgardo O. Alzate Manila, Philippines THE FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS shown here were among seventy-four prize-winning and other entries in the "My Impressions of America" contest sponsored by the Photographic Society of America. The contest was open to all of the 36,000 foreign students enrolled in American educational institutions. The photographs entered in the contest presented a new and fresh picture of America. The contest was one of the first projects developed under the People-to-People program inaugurated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to encourage better understanding among peoples of all nations. SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VI Nº12 DECEMBER 1957
Shop signs inside photographs (HAMBURGER, FRANKFURTER, Coca-Cola, U.S. MAIL) not transcribed in full.
