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

Date

January 1, 1952

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

Truman Administration

Leader

Harry S. Truman

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Theme

Economy and finance

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, January 1, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948877, 306-PPB-56).

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

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