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title: Ruggiero Ricci violin concert poster (English poster distributed in Karachi)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ruggiero-ricci-violin-concert-karachi-1957/
description: A concert poster with a half-length photograph of violinist Ruggiero Ricci, billed as 'leading violinist of the United States'.
section: Collection
---

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# Ruggiero Ricci violin concert poster (English poster distributed in Karachi)

A concert poster with a half-length photograph of violinist Ruggiero Ricci, billed as 'leading violinist of the United States', for a free-admission recital at the Rex Theatre, Karachi, on 5 April 1957. It lists the Women's International Club, the United States Information Service and the American National Theatre and Academy as sponsors. The tell is transfer: the artist's standing is attached to the U.S. as a national cultural claim.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Violin Concert

RUGGIERO RICCI
leading violinist of the United States

under sponsorship of
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CLUB
UNITED STATES INFORMATION SERVICE
AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE AND ACADEMY
at the REX Theatre in Karachi
Friday, April 5, 1957, at 9-30 p.m.
Admission by invitation obtained free at the Box office of the Rex Theatre on and after April 2

FEROZSONS, KARACHI

[photo reference mark: K676-12]
```

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

```
English text as printed.
```

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