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title: 'Acapulco 1959 portrait poster: Lopez Mateos and Eisenhower (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/acapulco-1959-lopez-mateos-eisenhower-portrait-spanish-1959/
description: A Mexican-distributed poster headed ACAPULCO 1959 that sets two matching crayon-style portraits side by side on an orange ground, Adolfo Lopez Mateos.
section: Collection
---

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[![Acapulco 1959 portrait poster: Lopez Mateos and Eisenhower, 1959 US poster: A Mexican-distributed poster headed ACAPULCO 1959](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/acapulco-1959-lopez-mateos-eisenhower-portrait-spanish-1959.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/acapulco-1959-lopez-mateos-eisenhower-portrait-spanish-1959.jpg)

# Acapulco 1959 portrait poster: Lopez Mateos and Eisenhower (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico)

A Mexican-distributed poster headed ACAPULCO 1959 that sets two matching crayon-style portraits side by side on an orange ground, Adolfo Lopez Mateos, President of Mexico, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States. No other text explains the occasion. The tell is transfer: the equal framing of the two leaders attaches the standing of one to the other.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ACAPULCO 1959

ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS
Presidente de México

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Presidente de los EE. UU.

DANIEL NUÑEZ '59 (signature, both portraits)

SERVICIO DE INFORMACION DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS - MEXICO
```

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

```
ACAPULCO 1959

ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS
President of Mexico

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
President of the U.S.

United States Information Service - Mexico
```

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