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title: U.S.A. poster 56, New York from Empire State mast (Danish, Copenhagen)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usa-poster-56-new-york-empire-state-danish-1952/
description: A Danish-language photo poster headed 'U.S.A.'. A worker in a hard hat sits on the antenna mast of the Empire State Building above Manhattan.
section: Collection
---

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[![U.S.A. poster 56, New York from Empire State mast, 1952 US poster: A Danish-language photo poster headed 'U.S.A.'. A worker](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usa-poster-56-new-york-empire-state-danish-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usa-poster-56-new-york-empire-state-danish-1952.jpg)

# U.S.A. poster 56, New York from Empire State mast (Danish, Copenhagen)

A Danish-language photo poster headed 'U.S.A.'. A worker in a hard hat sits on the antenna mast of the Empire State Building above Manhattan, with the Chrysler Building at left and the United Nations building by the East River at right. The caption names the buildings and gives the Empire State Building as the world's tallest. The tell is glittering-generalities: size and height are offered as images of the country with no argument attached.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
U.S.A.

New York set fra antennemasten på verdens højeste bygning, Empire State Building (381 m, 102 etager). Til højre nærmest floden (East River) ligger F. N. skyskraberen. Den højeste bygning til venstre i billedet er Chrysler Building.

DYVA & JEPPESEN A/S - KØBENHAVN
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
U.S.A.

New York seen from the antenna mast of the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building (381 m, 102 floors). To the right, nearest the river (East River), lies the U.N. skyscraper. The tallest building at left in the picture is the Chrysler Building.

DYVA & JEPPESEN A/S - COPENHAGEN
```

[← Wow! What a character! (1951's Diary, New Year 1952)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-wow-what-a-character-1951s-diary-1952/) [U.S.A. poster 57, Niagara Falls (Danish, Copenhagen) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usa-poster-57-niagara-falls-danish-1952/)

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