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title: Trabajo Fortaleza de Nuestras Fronteras
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/trabajo-fortaleza-de-nuestras-fronteras-mexico-1939/
description: Two industrial workers handle a suspended foundry ladle among chains and glowing metal, under the slogan 'Work, fortress of our borders'.
section: Collection
---

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# Trabajo Fortaleza de Nuestras Fronteras

Two industrial workers handle a suspended foundry ladle among chains and glowing metal, under the slogan 'Work, fortress of our borders'. The tell is the slogan, which equates labour with national defence without giving a target, quota or task.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
TRABAJO
FORTALEZA DE
NUESTRAS FRONTERAS

SECRETARIA DE GOBERNACION, BUCARELI No. 99.—MEXICO, D. F.
Realizado por Luis Araiza
GIFT OF CENTRAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO.

[Translation: Work, fortress of our borders.]
```

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