Ikaw ay Pilipino / Mahal Kong Anak (You Are a Filipino / My Dear Son) (Tagalog poster distributed in the Philippines)
A two-panel Tagalog sheet. At left a hatted man in an embroidered shirt points at the viewer under 'You are a Filipino', telling him to clear his conscience before casting his vote because his country's fate is in his hands. At right a distraught woman pleads under 'My dear son' that his pen not become a dagger killing her honour and freedom. The tell is glittering-generalities: honour, freedom and the nation attached to one act, voting, with no testable claim.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 25, 1951
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Philippine Elections 1951
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, October 25, 1951. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730172, 306-PPA-271).
Text on the object
IKAW AY PILIPINO BAGO MO IGAWAD ANG IYONG MAHALAGANG HALAL AY PAGLIWANAGIN MO ANG IYONG BUDHI, PAGKA'T NASA MGA KAMAY MO ANG KAPALARAN NG IYONG BAYAN. MAHAL KONG ANAK HUWAG NAWANG MAGING BALARAW ANG IYONG PANULAT UPANG PATAYIN ANG AKING KAPURIHAN AT KALAYAAN.
You are a Filipino Before you cast your precious vote, enlighten your conscience, because the fate of your country is in your hands. My dear son May your pen not become a dagger to kill my purity and freedom.
