2010.54.2883

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Puerto Santo Tomas
Puerto Santo Tomas
c. 1957
18.00 in HIGH x 23.75 in WIDE
(45.72 cm HIGH x 60.32 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2883

Bottom edge has "Tipografia Nacional-Guatemala J. Oscar Barrientos." the lower left corner of the image has "O.B."





Poster is printed on brown paper with black ink and mounted on cardboard with a clear laminate overall. In the center is a path with fields surrounding with the ocean off in the horizon. At the end of the path is a sign with "Puerto Santo Tomas" printed in it. Below is a crane that extends two large bricks towards two men standing in the lower left corner. The men are holding a large bag open with "Liberacion Economico Nacional." Along the path is "Ruta al Atlantico." Santo Tom?s de Castilla, also known as Mat?as de G?lvez is a port city. The "road to the Atlantic Ocean," opened in 1957, was a major development project. [LMC]
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