Louis Armstrong and His All Stars at the UNESCO Theater: The Ambassador of Jazz (Arabic-English poster distributed in Beirut)
An orange and black bilingual poster for concerts by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars at the UNESCO Theater, Beirut, with a large engraved-style portrait of Armstrong blowing a trumpet. It gives evening and matinee dates in April and two ticket outlets. The tell is transfer: the epithet 'The Ambassador of Jazz' attaches a diplomatic title and prestige to the performer and the event.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 24, 1959
- 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
- Theme
- Media and information
- 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 the Middle East, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 24, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948729, 306-PPB-2).
Text on the object
سفير الجاز لويس ارمسترونغ ونجومه على مسرح الاونيسكو تباع التذاكر: مكتبة انطوان - باب ادريس مكتبة خياط - شارع بلس سواريه: مساء ايام 6 و7 و8 و9 نيسان ماتينيه: في 7 و9 نيسان [signature:] ZADIG The Ambassador of Jazz LOUIS ARMSTRONG and his All Stars AT THE UNESCO THEATER EVENINGS -- April 6, 7, 8, 9 MATINEE -- April 7, 9 Tickets on sale ANTOINE LIBRARY, BAB EDRISS KHAYAT LIBRARY, BLISS STREET
The Ambassador of Jazz. Louis Armstrong and his stars, at the UNESCO Theater. Tickets are sold at: Antoine Library - Bab Idris; Khayat Library - Bliss Street. Evening performances on the evenings of 6, 7, 8 and 9 April; matinee on 7 and 9 April.
The signature is read as 'ZADIG'.
