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title: La Visión Eterna, 1492...1942
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-vision-eterna-christy-1942/
description: A painted Columbus stands at a ship's rail looking toward a luminous, crowned female figure with a torch and book above a distant shore.
section: Collection
---

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# La Visión Eterna, 1492...1942

A painted Columbus stands at a ship's rail looking toward a luminous, crowned female figure with a torch and book above a distant shore, with rough sailors in the foreground; the title reads 'La Visión Eterna, 1492 * * * 1942'. The tell is the transfer of the Columbus voyage's prestige onto the year 1942 through the torch-bearing figure, with 'eternal vision' left as a virtue phrase and no stated claim or request.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LA VISIÓN ETERNA
1492 * * * 1942
[signature:] Howard Chandler Christy 1942

[Translation: The Eternal Vision, 1492 * * * 1942]
```

[← Cinesound Review, Kokoda Front Line!, newsreel frame (title card, correspondent's credentials, 1942)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kokoda-front-line-cinesound-review-card-1942/) [Let Me Do the Talking! Serve in Silence →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/let-me-do-talking-serve-silence-1942/)

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