Free World Pictorial poster: Lincoln 150th anniversary supplement (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)
A Chinese-language illustrated supplement of the pictorial Free World for the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. A large portrait is captioned 'Lincoln, symbol of free people', and smaller pictures with captions run through his life: birth in a log cabin, frontier youth, the Senate campaign, the White House, the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. The tell is glittering-generalities ('freedom', 'equality') with transfer: Lincoln's standing is attached to the 'free world' masthead.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 19, 1959
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIEP), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; USIS Taiwan imprint
- 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
- Race and ethnicity, Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters 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, May 19, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949147, 306-PPB-230a).
Text on the object
自由世界畫報 增刊 臺灣美國新聞處編印 中華民國四十八年二月十二日出版 林肯一百五十週年誕辰紀念特刊 林肯——自由人類的象徵 誕生 幼年 律師的矢志人權 競選參議員 入主白宮 南北戰爭 解放黑奴宣言 萬世景仰 PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION [Gettysburg Address text on plaque, remainder not transcribed]
Free World Pictorial Supplement Compiled and printed by the United States Information Service, Taiwan Published 12 February, Republic of China year 48 Special commemorative issue for the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth Lincoln: symbol of free people Birth Childhood The lawyer's resolve for human rights Running for the Senate Entering the White House The Civil War Emancipation Proclamation Revered through the ages [English text as printed]
Only the masthead, issue line, imprint and photo-caption headings are transcribed; the body captions are partly illegible at this resolution and are not transcribed verbatim.
