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title: 'Pictorial Review poster, 65-258: Young American helps Ethiopian villages (Amharic, Addis Ababa)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pictorial-review-65-258-young-american-amharic-addis-ababa-1965/
description: The Amharic edition of the Pictorial Review sheet on Hugh Downey, a young American serviceman in Asmara who the text says used spare time to raise money
section: Collection
---

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[![Pictorial Review poster, 65-258: Young American helps Ethiopian villages, 1965 US poster: The Amharic edition](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pictorial-review-65-258-young-american-amharic-addis-ababa-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pictorial-review-65-258-young-american-amharic-addis-ababa-1965.jpg)

# Pictorial Review poster, 65-258: Young American helps Ethiopian villages (Amharic, Addis Ababa)

The Amharic edition of the Pictorial Review sheet on Hugh Downey, a young American serviceman in Asmara who the text says used spare time to raise money for schools, a well, roads and farm experiments in northern Ethiopia. The photographs match the English edition: village children, a map, a school plaque, a well, a cornfield and school buildings. The tell is testimonial: the Emperor's praise and Downey's own words vouch for the work, with transfer through the Kennedy school name.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Amharic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ሥዕላዊ መጽሔት ።

አንድ ወጣት አሜሪካዊ በትርፍ ጊዜው ሌሎችን በመርዳት ራሳቸውን እንዲረዱ ይደክማል ።

65-258 (8)
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Pictorial Magazine. / A young American in his spare time labors to help others help themselves. / 65-258 (8). Literal rendering of the masthead and headline only, by FRAME.
```

Body text and captions not transcribed; they parallel the English edition.

[← News Briefs in Pictures poster, 65-261 (English poster distributed in Addis Ababa)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/news-briefs-in-pictures-65-261-english-addis-ababa-1965/) [Pictorial Review poster, 65-259: Young American helps Ethiopian villages (English, Addis Ababa) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pictorial-review-65-259-young-american-english-addis-ababa-1965/)

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