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title: Wall News poster, Lincoln 150th birth anniversary (Farsi, Tehran)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wall-news-poster-lincoln-150th-birth-anniversary-farsi-1959/
description: A landscape Farsi wall newspaper marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, headed 'In memory of Lincoln'.
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# Wall News poster, Lincoln 150th birth anniversary (Farsi, Tehran)

A landscape Farsi wall newspaper marking the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, headed 'In memory of Lincoln'. Photographs and prints show a young Lincoln with an axe beside a log cabin, the Lincoln Memorial and its seated statue, the Emancipation Proclamation reading in 1862, Lincoln with army officers in camp, a portrait and the room where he died. An eagle seal and 'American Information Service' are printed on the sheet. The tell is transfer: a national founding figure attached to the U.S. image, with glittering generalities.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
یادبود یکصد و پنجاهمین سال تولد ابراهام لینکلن یکی از بزرگترین رؤسای جمهور امریکا

اداره اطلاعات امریکا

عکس لینکلن را هنگام جوانی موقعیکه بیزم شکنی می‌کرد از موانخوان در سال ١٨٥٨ نقاشی کرده. لینکلن بازوانی نیرومند داشت و قدش در حدود ٢ متر بود.

بنای یادبود لینکلن

پرزیدنت ابراهام لینکلن اعلامیه آزادی سیاه پوستان را در ٢٢ ژوئیه ١٨٦٢ برای هیئت دولتش می‌خواند

پرزیدنت لینکلن در ظرف چهار سالی که جنگهای داخلی بین ایالات شمالی و جنوبی ادامه داشت (١٨٦١ - ١٨٦٥) اغلب از جبهه جنگ دیدن می‌کرد. در اینجا پرزیدنت لینکلن در مرکز فرماندهی سرلشکر مک کلنان دیده می‌شود.

لینکلن لحظه ای قبل از بدرود حیات صبح ١٥ آوریل ١٨٦٥ بعد از آنکه شب قبل هدف گلوله بدخواهی قرار گرفت

این عکس اطاقی را نشان می‌دهد که لینکلن در آن جان سپرد. مبل و اثاثیه اطاق مثبت کامل مبلهای اصلی اطاق در آنجا قرار دارد.

مجسمه عظیم لینکلن که بروی صندلی کوه پیکری قرار دارد در داخل بنای یادبود لینکلن (عکس بالا) واقع است. بر بالای این مجسمه بروی مرمر سپید نوشته شده است:
"در این آرامگاه ابدی، نظیر قلوب ملت امریکا، خاطره ابراهام لینکلن، رهبری که اتحادیه شمال را از انجطار نجات بخشید، برای همیشه قرار گرفته است."

عکس لینکلن هنگام جنگهای داخلی شمال و جنوب

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

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

```
In memory of the 150th year of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America

Information Service of America

A painting of Lincoln as a young man while he was splitting logs, painted in 1858 [wording uncertain]. Lincoln had strong arms and his height was about 2 metres.

Lincoln Memorial

President Abraham Lincoln reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on 22 July 1862 [as printed]

During the four years that the civil wars between the northern and southern states continued (1861-1865), President Lincoln often visited the battlefront. Here President Lincoln is seen at the headquarters of Major General McClellan [wording uncertain].

Lincoln a moment before his death on the morning of 15 April 1865, after being shot the night before

This photograph shows the room in which Lincoln died. The furniture and furnishings are a complete match for the original furniture of the room there.

The great statue of Lincoln, seated on a large chair, is inside the Lincoln Memorial (photograph above). Above this statue is written on white marble: "In this eternal resting place, like the hearts of the American nation, the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the leader who saved the northern union from [wording uncertain], is enshrined for ever."

Photograph of Lincoln during the civil wars of north and south

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

Small cursive Persian type; several words and the translation of the inscription and caption lines are read with uncertainty and are approximate. The Persian text of the Emancipation Proclamation caption prints the month as given (July); the proclamation was issued in September 1862. The English inscription is the Lincoln Memorial dedication text printed in the photograph.

[← 30·8·59: 30 tháng 8 mình ơi! (30 August, my dear!), National Assembly election flyer, 1959](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/walking-couple-election-flyer-1959/) [Acapulco 1959 portrait poster: Lopez Mateos and Eisenhower (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/acapulco-1959-lopez-mateos-eisenhower-portrait-spanish-1959/)

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