Description: This envelope contrates on the visual material, especially, photographs that recorded the production of wood in Argentina. Towards 1914, industrial crops such as peanut, tobacco, cotton, and wood were the origins of regionals industries. In the case of wood its cultivation was concen...
Description: This envelope informs us about the following men with the last name of Torrent: Juan Francisco (politician), Raúl (Captain in the Navy), Arnaldo (State Consuntalnt), Luciano (Minister), Hector (honoured Naval officer), Roberto Agustín (Director of National Defence ), Jorge M. (Ambass...
Description: Studs are farms with the goal of racing and breeding thoroughbred horses, both stallions and mares. Argentina has been one of the best places for the horses used both in turf and polo. Extent and format of original material:
Description: This envelopes informs us of the regular steamships that sailed between the ports of Buenos Aires and Brazil. Extent and format of original material: This envelope contains newsapapers' and magazines' clippings.
Description: The Pinasco family was of Italian origin and arrived to Argentina before the European immigration of the second half of the 19th century. In this particular case, we can get a peak to the high society of Buenos Aires through Sara Carreras de Pinasco who married Santiago Pinasco Tisc...
Description: Patrocinio Díaz (1905-1969) was an Argentine singer and an actress. She started her career in the late 1920s and became a well-known figure in the 1930s. She sang rural themes and was part of the band Cenizas al fogón (Ash in Fire), she also sang tango. She played in theatre and beca...
Description: This Nepaco folder informs us about the situation of the disabled persons in the period under study. After the War of the Triple Alliance also known as the Paraguayan War (1864 to 1870 ), this is, when Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay declared war on Paraguay, the number of wounded and...
Description: This envelope informs us about the precarious situation of the country and its people during especially hard winters or cold waves. Extent and format of original material: Nepaco folder that contains two divider "Notes" and "Comments."
Description: Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a military man that fought in the Wars of Independence under the order of General José de San Martín in the Army of the Andes. He became known as the Hero of the battle of Riobamba. He disagreed with Simón Bolívar when San Martín handed to...