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title: USA poster, Lincoln Memorial, Washington (Danish poster distributed in Copenhagen)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usa-poster-lincoln-memorial-danish-1952/
description: A black-and-white photograph of the seated Lincoln statue inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., with a small visitor at the right and the wall
section: Collection
---

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# USA poster, Lincoln Memorial, Washington (Danish poster distributed in Copenhagen)

A black-and-white photograph of the seated Lincoln statue inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., with a small visitor at the right and the wall inscription visible above. A Danish caption identifies Lincoln as president 1861-65, notes the Civil War and his work for reconciliation and national unity, and quotes the inscription. The tell is transfer: Lincoln's standing and the memorial's solemnity are attached to the United States, alongside the ideal of unity.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
IN THIS TEMPLE
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER

U.S.A.

Monumentet i Washington, D. C. for Abraham Lincoln, De Forenede Staters præsident
1861–65. I Lincolns præsidentperiode udkæmpedes den blodige borgerkrig mellem nord-
og sydstaterne, men han arbejdede utrætteligt på stridens bilæggelse og nationens enhed.
På væggen står følgende indskrift:

„I dette tempel såvel som i folkets hjerte,
for hvem han frelste unionen, er mindet
om Abraham Lincoln for stedse indskrevet.”

DYVA & JEPPESEN A/S · KØBENHAVN
```

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

```
The monument in Washington, D.C. to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States 1861-65. During Lincoln's presidency the bloody civil war between the northern and southern states was fought, but he worked tirelessly for the settlement of the conflict and the unity of the nation. On the wall is the following inscription:

"In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."

Dyva & Jeppesen A/S, Copenhagen
```

The English inscription on the memorial wall is photographed in the image and transcribed first; the Danish text is the printed caption.

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