1953 Calendar: Philippine wall calendar with quotations (English poster distributed in the Philippines)
A 1953 wall calendar ringed by twelve photographs, each with a quotation: farmers planting and harvesting rice, a laborer carrying sacks, graduating children, Manila, a national monument, the signing of the UN Charter, a flag-draped crowd, and women at a 'Box for Valid Ballots'. The tell is glittering generalities and transfer: lines from Rizal, Quezon, Bonifacio, Roxas and the UN Charter are attached to civic and work scenes.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1953
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia 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
- Elections and party politics, Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730150, 306-PPA-249).
Text on the object
"Never shall its shining fields be dimmed by tyrants might." PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM "We want to build an edifice that will last through the centuries." - QUEZON "Fair hope of my fatherland!" - RIZAL "Only he who toils and struggles will support and keep his own." - RIZAL "With valiant heart and spirit strong Courageous to perform the right." - BALAGTAS "Planting rice is no fun Bent from morning till set of sun." "Our appointment with Destiny is upon us." - ROXAS "True love for one's country is true love for one's fellowmen." - BONIFACIO "Wealth can be produced by persistent and intelligent toil..." - ROXAS "And our faith will not perish ... while there is life there is hope." - EMILIO JACINTO "To unite our strength to maintain international peace and security..." - UN CHARTER "Let every Filipino freely and without fear follow the dictates of his conscience..." - BONIFACIO 1 9 5 3 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT [twelve month grids of dates, not transcribed] BOX FOR VALID BALLOTS Photos by G. FERRER, P. ARELLANO, BOB'S, TOMMY'S STUDIOS
The month grids are standard 1953 calendar dates and are summarised, not transcribed digit by digit.
