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University of Denver Jazz Band poster, No. 351, 1964 US poster: A blue painted-style poster of a trombonist with a pattern

University of Denver Jazz Band poster, No. 351 (USIS multiple posts)

A blue painted-style poster of a trombonist with a pattern of white and blue dots. The printed text announces the University of Denver Jazz Band as a presentation of the U.S. Department of State. It promotes an American touring music group abroad. The tell is transfer: the appeal of jazz and a university name is attached to the sponsoring U.S. government, which the sheet names openly.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
December 21, 1964
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
Johnson Administration
Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
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, December 21, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949276, 306-PPB-351).

Text on the object

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

THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

JAZZ BAND

A PRESENTATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

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