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title: These are the American Republics - Members of the United Nations
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-are-american-republics-members-of-the-united-nations-un-1944/
description: A large sheet of captioned photographs of Latin American and Caribbean places and work surrounds a central text block titled 'these are AMERICAN REPUBLICS'
section: Collection
---

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# These are the American Republics - Members of the United Nations

A large sheet of captioned photographs of Latin American and Caribbean places and work surrounds a central text block titled 'these are AMERICAN REPUBLICS' under the banner 'MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS'. The text lists which republics had joined the Allied side and what they supplied (strategic materials, bases, convoy support), and the caption selection shows agriculture and landmarks only. The tell is card-stacking: contributions to the war are listed and war declarations are summarised, but no figures, dates or costs are given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
these are
AMERICAN REPUBLICS

Six more American republics became members of the United Nations while this poster was going through the press: Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

[Body text of five paragraphs, partly illegible at this resolution; headline, standfirst, photo captions and imprint legible:]
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
f. c. veit and s. m. adler
Lithographed in the United States of America
ISSUED BY UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION OFFICE
```

[← The Avenger's Shadow: More Metal for U.S. Planes, Tanks, Guns](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-avengers-shadow-more-metal-1944/) [This is Australia: One of the United Nations →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/this-is-australia-one-of-the-united-nations-australia-1944/)

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