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
- Date
- March 29, 1957
- 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
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 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, March 29, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948827, 306-PPB-40).
Text on the object
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 text as printed.
