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title: 'Buenos Aires 1910: Esposizioni Internazionali, Partecipazione ufficiale dell''Italia (Buenos Aires 1910: International Expositions, Official Participation of Italy)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buenos-aires-1910-italian-participation-1910/
description: 'Chromolithograph poster for Italy''s official participation in the 1910 Buenos Aires expositions: four classical allegorical figures (the Salce catalogue…'
section: Collection
---

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# Buenos Aires 1910: Esposizioni Internazionali, Partecipazione ufficiale dell'Italia (Buenos Aires 1910: International Expositions, Official Participation of Italy)

Chromolithograph poster for Italy's official participation in the 1910 Buenos Aires expositions: four classical allegorical figures (the Salce catalogue names Industry, Agriculture, Health and Art) watch ocean liners arrive beneath the Argentine flag with its Sun of May, beside a column bearing the national arms and the dome of the Congress building. The tell: Italy's arts, railways and farming are staged inside the host nation's own symbols, borrowing the centennial's prestige for Italian exhibits.

## Text on the object

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

```
BUENOS AIRES 1910
ESPOSIZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
BELLE ARTI · FERROVIE e TRASPORTI · AGRICOLTURA · IGIENE
PARTECIPAZIONE UFFICIALE dell'ITALIA
ORGANIZZATA E DIRETTA DAL COMITATO NAZIONALE PER LE ESPOSIZIONI ALL'ESTERO: SEDE IN ROMA - COMMISSIONE ESECUTIVA: MILANO VIA MONTE DI PIETÀ [illegible]

[faint signature, upper left:] A. Minardi
[lower right:] STAB.TO A. MARZI ROMA
```

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

```
BUENOS AIRES 1910
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS
FINE ARTS · RAILWAYS and TRANSPORT · AGRICULTURE · HYGIENE
OFFICIAL PARTICIPATION OF ITALY
ORGANISED AND DIRECTED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EXPOSITIONS ABROAD: SEAT IN ROME - EXECUTIVE COMMISSION: MILAN, VIA MONTE DI PIETÀ [illegible]

[faint signature, upper left:] A. Minardi
[lower right:] A. Marzi establishment, Rome
```

The street number after 'Via Monte di Pietà' is too small to read at the committed size. The signature at upper left is faint and was read together with the Salce catalogue record, which gives the inscription as 'A. Minardi'. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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