U.S.A. poster 58a, Independence Hall (Dutch, The Hague)
A Dutch-language photo poster headed 'U.S.A.' showing Independence Hall in Philadelphia through bare trees, with a statue in the foreground. The caption says the Declaration of Independence was signed there on 4 July 1776 and that the Liberty Bell is kept there. The tell is transfer: the prestige of the founding moment is attached to the country the poster is distributing.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- November 15, 1955
- 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
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Home front
- 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, November 15, 1955. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948879, 306-PPB-58a).
Text on the object
U.S.A. Independence Hall te Philadelphia in de staat Pennsylvania. In dit gebouw werd op 4 Juli 1776 de Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring getekend. Hier bevindt zich ook de Vrijheidsklok, welke bij die gelegenheid werd geluid. DRUK „DE IJSSEL" - DEVENTER HOLLAND
U.S.A. Independence Hall in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania. In this building the Declaration of Independence was signed on 4 July 1776. Here also is the Liberty Bell, which was rung on that occasion. PRINTED BY 'DE IJSSEL' - DEVENTER HOLLAND
Imprint line is small; read as printed.
