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title: General Maximiliano H. Martinez, Presidente Constitucional de El Salvador
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/el-salvador-general-maximiliano-h-martinez-presidente-1942/
description: A formal photographic portrait of a man in military-style uniform fills a blue and white banded sheet, captioned with his name and the title
section: Collection
---

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# General Maximiliano H. Martinez, Presidente Constitucional de El Salvador

A formal photographic portrait of a man in military-style uniform fills a blue and white banded sheet, captioned with his name and the title 'Constitutional President of El Salvador'. The tell is the blue-white-blue banding, which echoes the national flag around the portrait and lends the national symbol to the leader (transfer); the sheet carries no argument beyond name and office.

## 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

```
GENERAL MAXIMILIANO H. MARTINEZ
Presidente Constitucional de El Salvador

[foot:] MARZO 1942
[Translation: General Maximiliano H. Martinez, Constitutional President of El Salvador. March 1942.]
```

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