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title: The Family of Man poster No. 9 (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-family-of-man-poster-9-english-manila-1958/
description: A collage of about a dozen black-and-white photographs of people at work, play and rest in many places, among them a child on sand, a couple dancing.
section: Collection
---

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# The Family of Man poster No. 9 (English poster distributed in Manila)

A collage of about a dozen black-and-white photographs of people at work, play and rest in many places, among them a child on sand, a couple dancing, mourners in the rain, a flute player and a woman in a hat. Script text calls it 'The story of man wherever he may be' and 'The greatest photographic show on earth'. The tell is glittering-generalities: broad, positive words about shared humanity, with ordinary people as the subject.

## 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

```
SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VII Nº6 JUNE - 1958

The story of man wherever he may be-- his joys and his sorrows, his work and play, his triumphs and tragedies, his childhood and old age-- all in THE FAMILY OF MAN

The greatest photographic show on earth
```

[← Irrigation poster, Job No. 3: Water for the Dry Season (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/irrigation-poster-job-3-lao-vientiane-1958/) [Wall News poster No. 56, Baghdad Pact members (Farsi, distributed in Tehran) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wall-news-poster-56-baghdad-pact-members-farsi-1958/)

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