 |
Halfsheet, vintage travel poster for Mexico
features the Angel of Independence monument
in Mexico City. The monument, officially known as Monumento a la Independencia
, was built in 1910 to commemorate the centennial of Mexico's War of Independence. The poster was created by an artist named Heras in the 1940s and sponsored by the Mexican Department of Tourism, also known as Dirección General de Turismo. The image shows a passenger airplane flying over the monument with a sunset in the background featuring colors of the Mexican flag. |
|
|
