Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet. – Antique Poster Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
The slogan "Where the Americas meet" sets this silkscreen poster apart from other island views, presenting Puerto Rico as a crossroads between North and South America and the Caribbean. Printed in 1936 under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, it was one of many posters meant to draw visitors to places the New Deal government hoped would boost local economies. Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory since 1898, was promoted to mainland Americans as a reachable destination with a distinct Spanish-speaking culture. A 1940 date stamp on the back shows that such posters often stayed in circulation for years after they were first made.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 19 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 194 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Tourism--1930-1940. Puerto Rico--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,216 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 807_Discover_Puerto_Rico_US_1936 |
More from the WPA Posters collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
