2010.54.198

Object number:

2010.54.198

Object name:

poster; work on paper

Title:

Stop!! Wells Fargo Bank Loans to Chile

Maker:

Malaquías Montoya

Date made:

1979

Material / Technique:

Screen print on paper

Dimensions:

H: 14.25 in, W: 22.75 in

Credit line:

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

Physical description:

poster

Content description:

Poster has a black and red outlined image in the center of the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoach being pulled by horses. The stagecoach is rolling over people on the ground. The top edge of the poster has "Stop!! Wells Fargo Bank Loans to Chile" with some of the words looking like they are bleeding red. Beneath the image is "'They have a legend to live up to'" printed in red with white printing below explaining the withdrawal day and the Chilean military repression.

Concepts:

stagecoach; boycott

Places:

Chile

Organizations:

Wells Fargo & Company

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