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title: လူငယ်စာကြည့်တိုက် (Youth Library) (Burmese poster distributed in Burma)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/youth-library-burmese-1952/
description: A Burmese-language photo sheet headed 'Youth Library'. Seven photographs show American children and teenagers reading at a round table.
section: Collection
---

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# လူငယ်စာကြည့်တိုက် (Youth Library) (Burmese poster distributed in Burma)

A Burmese-language photo sheet headed 'Youth Library'. Seven photographs show American children and teenagers reading at a round table, a girl lifting a small child toward a shelf, young people listening to records with headphones, a boy reading beside a glass wall onto a garden, a group reading on a patio, and a boy astride a book-carrying drum. A central text block and captions describe the library. The tell is plain-folks, ordinary children and mothers shown at ease, with glittering-generalities in the idealised setting.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
လူငယ်စာကြည့်တိုက်

[central paragraph and six photograph captions in Burmese script: [illegible]]
```

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

```
Youth Library

[central paragraph and six photograph captions: not rendered, text not legible at scan resolution]
```

Headline only; body text not transcribed.

[← Kremlin's Words and Deeds (English poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kremlins-words-and-deeds-english-1952/) [Sweet Talk Kills (Thai poster, Bangkok Poster #6) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bangkok-sweet-talk-kills-thai-1952/)

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