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Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee Bicycle Race, 1955 US poster: An English-language poster advertising a bicycle race

Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee Bicycle Race (English-language poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands)

An English-language poster advertising a bicycle race. Four cyclists in yellow, red, black and white round a curving grey track against a green ground; the printed text names the Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee and 'Bicycle Race'. The tell is transfer: a popular sporting event carries the friendship committee's name and the goodwill attached to it.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
March 23, 1955
Period
Cold War
Made by
U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia 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
Empire and colonialism
Event
Cold War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, March 23, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729917, 306-PPA-18).

Text on the object

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

RYUKYUAN-AMERICAN
FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE
BICYCLE RACE

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