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title: Sports in the USA poster, fair play (English poster distributed in Djakarta)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sports-in-the-usa-english-djakarta-1959/
description: 'An English-language poster headed ''Sports in the USA'' with a green illustration of basketball players and eight labelled photographs: basketball, boxing.'
section: Collection
---

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# Sports in the USA poster, fair play (English poster distributed in Djakarta)

An English-language poster headed 'Sports in the USA' with a green illustration of basketball players and eight labelled photographs: basketball, boxing, track and field, baseball, horse racing, swimming, javelin throw and tennis. A line says the spirit of fair play is found in all who enjoy sports. The tell is glittering generalities and plain-folks: fair play is attached to American sport, shown through ordinary players, children and crowds.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Distributed by USIS Djakarta,
Medan Merdeka Selatan 4

SPORTS in the USA

THE SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY IS FOUND IN ALL WHO ENJOY SPORTS.

BASKETBALL
BOXING
TRACK AND FIELD
BASEBALL
HORSE RACING
SWIMMING
JAVELIN THROW
TENNIS
```

A small printer's code at the foot of the main illustration is not legible.

[← Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, February 1959 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-february-greek-1959/) [Abundant Harvest poster, rice-threshing photo set (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abundant-harvest-rice-threshing-photo-poster-lao-1959/)

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