Patzcuaro: Overnight from Mexico City
Two barefoot men in straw hats carry fishing nets and baskets by a lake with butterfly nets behind them, under the title 'Patzcuaro: Overnight from Mexico City'. This is a tourism advertisement with no political claim; the closest fit is glittering generalities, in the idealised heroic depiction of local people and place.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National Railways of Mexico (Workers' Administration); printed by Offset Galas, Mexico
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Mexico
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Avila Camacho Government
- Leader
- Manuel Avila Camacho
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- 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
National Railways of Mexico (Workers' Administration), National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-869.
Text on the object
PATZCUARO Overnight from Mexico City NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF MEXICO WORKERS' ADMINISTRATION [imprint:] OFFSET-GALAS-MEXICO. PRINTED IN MEXICO
