Description: José Ingenieros (1877 – 1925) was an Argentine philosopher that followed the ideas of Positivism as developed by Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. He was born in Italy-in the city of Palermo—and was an Italian immigrant who studied medicine thus enhancing the role of ...
Description: It is the Argentine most important sea-side resort. During the last decades of the 19th century the railways arrived and tourism started to flourish catering the upper class from Buenos Aires. Duringthe 1930s and definetly by the 1940s, both the middle sector and the working class s...
Description: Eduardo Mallea (1903 – 1982) was born in the city of Bahia Blanca, at the time it was the Southeast city in the province of Buenos Aires. He moved to the capital city of Buenos Aires and started to publish his first short stories. He became a well-known writer and wrote no...
Description: Balcarce is a district and city in the province of Buenos Aires situated west of the city of Mar del Plata. It was named after Antonio González de Balcarce (1774-1819) an Argentine military who became governor of the, then, province of Buenos Aires, and president (Director Supremo) o...
Description: Palermo is the largest neighborhood in the city of Buenos Aires. The name comes from the abbey San Benedicto de Palermos (Saint Benedict of Palermo) who was a much loved saint in the city of Palermo in Sicily. An alternative story is that the land was bought by the Italian immig...
Description: She was an Argentine poet who belonged to the elite.She wrote in French and received good critiques in France, in particular, her book of poems La Source. Extent and format of original material: Envelope
Description: Antonio Bermejo (1853 -1929) was an Argentine lawyer that was designated in the Supreme Court since 1903 until his death. Extent and format of original material: Envelope
Description: Parque Chacabuco is, at the same time, a park and a neighbourhood that developed around the park. During the 19th century, this zone was known due to its gunpowder factory that came to an end in notorious explosion at the end of the century. In its place, the park was founded and de...
Description: The Asociación de Bibliotecas y Recreos Infantiles was an association created by Socialist women for the organisation and expansion of libraries for the workers’ children in Argentina. One of the Socialist women’s main goals was to offer to the families and the children a space for ...
Description: Due to the bad sanitary and living conditions of the lower-class in the city of Buenos Aires, they did not count with the basic services of running water that allowed for personal cleanliness. So the city’s authorities provided for public baths as cheap baths and the possibility of b...