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General Maximiliano H. Martinez, Presidente Constitucional de El Salvador, 1942 El Salvador poster: A formal photographic

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
Date
1942
Period
Second World War
Made by
Not stated on the sheet (Salvadoran presidential portrait poster; no imprint visible)
Region
Latin America
Country
El Salvador
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Martinez Government
Leader
Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
Elections and party politics
Event
World War II
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
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; issuer not stated; hosted by owner decision
Salvadoran presidential portrait poster, March 1942, issuer not stated. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-828.

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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