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
- Date
- May 22, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE 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
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed 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, May 22, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949042, 306-PPB-150).
Text on the object
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
