Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee Bicycle Race (Japanese-language poster distributed in the Ryukyu Islands)
A Japanese-language poster advertising a bicycle race meet. Four cyclists in yellow, red, black and white round a curving track in a stylised green-and-grey design; the title reads 'Bicycle Race Meet' with the line 'Sponsored by the Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee'. 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
- 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 5729916, 306-PPA-17).
Text on the object
競輪大会 琉米親善委員会主催
Bicycle Race Meet Sponsored by the Ryukyuan-American Friendship Committee
