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Offline DekeThornton

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October 2016
« on: October 02, 2016, 12:44:17 AM »
This WWII propaganda piece was produced by the USA for use in Latin America:



Here is a propaganda poster celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the CTM, a confederation of labor unions that was once a much more powerful force in Mexican society.


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Re: October 2016
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2016, 12:50:30 AM »
Tortillas, Tamales, Gorditas, Sopes, Elote, and hundreds of other corn-based dishes...You wouldn't think one would need to propagandize for corn in Mexico?  You'd be wrong:

"Improved corn seeds strengthen your future".  Good thing we eat loads of those corn-based dishes at my house!

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Re: October 2016
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2016, 01:02:38 AM »
The Spanish wikipedia page for the Yucatán governor Fernando López Cárdenas has some of the historical context for this poster:



The British Museum's listing has some additional information about it too.

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Re: October 2016
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2016, 01:04:43 AM »
Finally, this is more of an art print than a poster, but it is definitely propaganda, and I love the image:


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Re: October 2016
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2016, 01:11:42 AM »
All great adds to the overall propaganda collection, Deke. Nice job and great finds.  thumbsup.gif


-Jeff

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Re: October 2016
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 01:19:40 AM »
Last month in the Advertising "Latest Acquisitions" section I posted a Puerto Rican poster advertising an exhibit of Mexican propaganda prints and posters.

Well, this month, I found an awesome companion piece!  Another Puerto Rican poster advertising an exhibit of art by the great Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913).
Much of Posada's work has a political/satirical angle to it.



And I'll go ahead an repost the other Puerto Rican poster from last month: