Mag-uban kanunay (Together Always) (Cebuano poster distributed in Asia)

Two bare-chested young men walk side by side against a grey sky, one in a round helmet carrying a plough on his shoulder, the other in a steel helmet with a rifle slung. The caption in Cebuano reads 'Together always'. The poster promotes unity between farmers and soldiers. The tell is plain-folks plus glittering-generalities: ordinary workers and fighters are paired in an idealised pose under a bare slogan, with no named programme or request.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folksGlittering generalities

Date

February 17, 1953

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia 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

Themes

War and the military, Home front

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, February 17, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730100, 306-PPA-200).

Mag-uban kanunay

[handwritten, blue ink, top of sheet:] Mag Uban Kanunay    Together always    Mag Uban Kanunay
[handwritten:] Cebuano

Together always