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
- Date
- February 3, 1959
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 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, February 3, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949097, 306-PPB-190).
Text on the object
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.
