Points of Interest poster No. 7, Philippines and U.S. (English, Manila)
A photo-collage sheet pairing Philippine and U.S. sights: Magellan's Monument on Mactan, a Taosug village, a kulintang player and Mayon Volcano beside Mount Vernon, Chicago's stock yards, Philadelphia and the Rocky Mountains. A sketched tourist with a camera sits at the foot. The text says understanding, the key to world friendship and goodwill, stems from knowledge gained through travel. The tell is glittering generalities ('world friendship and goodwill') carried by an even-handed pairing of ordinary tourist attractions.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 2, 1958
- 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
- Economy and finance
- 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 Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 2, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949047, 306-PPB-151e).
Text on the object
Mount Vernon, ancestral home of George Washington. Magellan's Monument, Mactan Island, Cebu. Vast stock yards of Chicago, meat packing center. The 'kulintang' played by Maranao girl. Modern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. UNDERSTANDING-- THE KEY TO WORLD FRIENDSHIP AND GOODWILL-- STEMS FROM KNOWLEDGE, SUCH AS THAT GAINED THROUGH TRAVEL. HERE ARE SOME POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND IN THE UNITED STATES. Taosug Village, Zamboanga. Rocky Mountains-- North America's awe-inspiring range. Albay's Mayon Volcano, "most perfect cone in the world." POINTS OF INTEREST-- PHILIPPINES AND UNITED STATES SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VII NO 5 MAY - 1958
