VITO-LORA Concert Poster, Zhongshan Hall (Chinese, distributed in Saigon)
A Chinese-language concert announcement for a flutist and a harpist, named in the NARA title as Vito and Lora. Line drawings of a harp, a flute and a music stand with two portrait sketches sit on a violet field beside yellow headline characters. Sponsor lines name the American National Theatre and Academy, the State Department and a cultural exchange foundation. The concert is set for 7 December, 8 p.m., at Zhongshan Hall. The tell is transfer: the prestige of American concert music is attached to the sponsoring institutions.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- November 6, 1957
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- 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, November 6, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949122, 306-PPB-214).
Text on the object
名笛手 亞瑟·洛拉 暨豎琴家 愛德華·維多 美國國家劇藝學院與國務院 文化交流基金聯合主辦 遠東旅行社協辦 十二月七日下午八時 中山堂
Famous flutist Arthur Lora and harpist Edward Vito Co-organised by the American National Theatre and Academy and the State Department, and the Cultural Exchange Foundation Assisted by the Far East Travel Service 7 December, 8 p.m. Zhongshan Hall
Lines run right to left on the sheet; the personal names are read from the image and the romanisations are inferred from the NARA title.
