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title: 'Povo votai na lista da União Nacional: hontem a miséria, hoje bem estar e alegria (People, vote for the União Nacional list)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uniao-nacional-povo-votai-1934/
description: Two-colour sunburst poster contrasting 'yesterday' (1925 to 1934 shown in a central disc as the period of misery and discomfort, with a ragged man and…
section: Collection
---

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[![Povo votai na lista da União Nacional: hontem a miséria, hoje bem estar e alegria (People, vote for the União Nacional list)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uniao-nacional-povo-votai-1934.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uniao-nacional-povo-votai-1934.jpg)

# Povo votai na lista da União Nacional: hontem a miséria, hoje bem estar e alegria (People, vote for the União Nacional list)

Two-colour sunburst poster contrasting 'yesterday' (1925 to 1934 shown in a central disc as the period of misery and discomfort, with a ragged man and ruined houses) with 'today' (well-being and joy, shown as a couple with a child and waving children) under the instruction to vote for the União Nacional list. The tell: the whole case is a before-and-after pair drawn by the sponsor, with no figures and no mention of any other list.

## Text on the object

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

```
HONTEM:
A MISÉRIA E O DESCONFORTO
POVO VOTAI NA LISTA DA UNIÃO NACIONAL
1925 A 1934
HOJE:
BEM ESTAR E ALEGRIA
LITH. de PORTUGAL-LISBOA
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
YESTERDAY:
MISERY AND DISCOMFORT
PEOPLE, VOTE FOR THE LIST OF THE NATIONAL UNION
1925 TO 1934
TODAY:
WELL-BEING AND JOY
LITH. OF PORTUGAL, LISBON
```

Spelling as printed ('hontem'). Reading order follows the sunburst layout. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Portugal não é um país pequeno (Portugal is not a small country)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/portugal-nao-e-um-pais-pequeno-map-1934/) [Palazzo Braschi dressed for the 1934 plebiscite: rows of "SI" around the Duce →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/palazzo-braschi-si-1934/)

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