![Brazil [2], 1939 Brazil poster: A travel-style poster headed 'BRAZIL' shows Rio de Janeiro seen from above, with a palm](../images/brazil-tourism-rio-sugarloaf-1939.jpg)
Brazil [2]
A travel-style poster headed 'BRAZIL' shows Rio de Janeiro seen from above, with a palm, the bay and the Sugarloaf rising from the water. It carries no argument; the tell is the one-word name of the country over an idealised scenic view, which asks the viewer to attach general attractiveness to the country.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Brazilian Information Bureau, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York (printed by Comp. Lith. Ypiranga, Sao Paulo); artist Waldomiro Goncalves Christino
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Brazil
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Estado Novo
- Leader
- Getulio Vargas
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (Brazilian printing, no rights statement)
Brazilian Information Bureau; artist Waldomiro Goncalves Christino. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-41.
Text on the object
BRAZIL BRAZILIAN INFORMATION BUREAU 551 FIFTH AVENUE - NEW YORK PRINTED IN BRAZIL COMP. LITH. YPIRANGA-S. PAULO [signature:] WALDOMIRO GONCALVES CHRISTINO
