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

TestimonialTransferPlain folks

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

Home front, Economy and finance

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 6949164, 306-PPB-240).

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65-258 (8)

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.