L30 Cabinet poster, Souvanna Phouma (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a man in a white high-collared official tunic with embroidered collar badges and medals, captioned with his title and name. No slogan is printed. The tell is transfer: official dress, decorations and a formal portrait attach state authority to the named office-holder.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 25, 1958
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Home front, Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- 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, September 25, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949024, 306-PPB-144b).
Text on the object
ສະເດັດເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມມາ ນາຍົກຣັຖມົນຕຣີແຫ່ງປະເທດລາວ
Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of the country of Laos.
Lao script read from the image; spellings as read.
