News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-260 (Amharic poster distributed in Addis Ababa)

The Amharic edition of a four-picture news sheet. The photographs are those of the English edition: Ethiopian horsemen performing for Queen Elizabeth II, an architect's drawing of a John F. Kennedy Memorial Library at Haile Sellassie I University, a Peace Corps volunteer family, and a 60-panel painting of Kennedy's life by two Ethiopian artists. The tell is transfer: Kennedy's name and the Peace Corps are attached to Ethiopian ceremony and education.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TransferTestimonial

Date

April 20, 1965

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

Johnson Administration

Leader

Lyndon B. Johnson

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

Science and technology, Media and information

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

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, April 20, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949161, 306-PPB-237).

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ለዩኒቨርስቲ አገልግሎት አዲስ መጻሕፍት ቤት ይሠራል ።

አራት ቤተሰቦች ያሉዋቸው የሰላም ልዑካን ባልደረባ ።

የኬኔዲ የሕይወት ታሪክ በጥንታዊ ስዕል ተሠራ ።

65-260 (8)

Short News in Pictures. / Horsemen put on a gugs display for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. / A new library is to be built for the university. / Peace Corps member with a family of four. / Kennedy's life story made into a traditional painting. / 65-260 (8). Literal rendering of the masthead and headlines only, by FRAME.