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A Cuban Sign Painter and his Work - c.1957 - Flashbak

Anorak 1-2 minutes 4/11/2026

In 1957, a sign painter in Cuba posed for a series of nine portraits. The pictures (signed ‘P. T. Dust’), show the man posing with his work.

Cuba 1957

Trimalta Polar was produced by the International Brewing Company SA. It produced Polar brand beer and Trimalta brand malt, at its factory in Puentes Grandes, Havana.

Cuba 1957

Letterform Archive says the prints were kept at the Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura (later Museo Cubano de Las Americas) in Miami, Florida. The museum closed in 1996.

And little else is known about them.

Cuba 1957

The Colegio de María Auxiliadora en Víbora Park, Havana (1937-1961). The building is now home to the Manuel Cofiño López Municipal Library. Municipal library of Arroyo Naranjo. Until 1961 it was a religious school run by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters), a congregation of the Catholic Church.

Cuba 1957

Cuba 1957  

Via: Letterform Archive