Westminster Choir choral concert poster (English poster distributed in Karachi)
A concert poster for the Westminster Choir of Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., at the Hotel Metropole, Karachi, on Tuesday 12 February at 7 p.m. It carries a portrait of conductor Dr. John Finley Williamson, a group photograph of the choir, ticket prices and the Women's International Club of Karachi as host. The tell is transfer: the poster's appeal rests on the choir's American standing.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 4, 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
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 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, February 4, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948829, 306-PPB-43).
Text on the object
CHORAL CONCERT Tuesday February 12 7 p.m. Hotel Metropole WESTMINSTER CHOIR of Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. under auspices of WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF KARACHI Bookings at HOTEL METROPOLE 9-30 a.m. to 12-30 p.m. and 4-30 p.m. to 6-30 p.m. PRICES Rs. 10 - Rs. 5 - Rs. 3 Dr. John Finley Williamson, Conductor 570130/T1-1c-USIS/PUB FEROZSONS, KARACHI.
English text as printed.
