Description: This envelope focuses on the visual material, especially, photos on La Banda. See above description. Extent and format of original material: This envelope contains newsapapers' and magazines' clippings, and photos.
Description: On April 26, 1942, a group of men who used to vacation in the north of the city of Córdoba, in the locality of La Cumbre in the Valley of Punilla, decided to found a social and sports club dedicated, in particular, to golf. They bought the lands to the estancia San Gerónimo, property...
Description: When the city was founded three schools were created by the President of Argentina: the Industrial School, the Professional School for women, and the Commercial School (Escuela Comercial). Four years earlier, the school Joaquín V. González was also created by Presidential Decree dire...
Description: Abel Laurens was an Argentine painter that opted for the informalism-a school that followed the traditional science and technique of painting. He restricted his material to oil painting only. This movement conquered the artistic scenario in Argentina. Two on his best paintings Comp...
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...
Description: La Rioja is a western Argentine province. Most of the population was mestiza, this is, a mixture of the original people-diaguitas and olongastas-with the Spaniards who arrived in the 16th century. La Rioja did not receive as many European immigrants as the rest of the country bu...
Description: With the 1930 military coup led by General Uriburu, the state starts to intervene increasingly in Argentina’s life. The minority that composes the new political class that was a social and economic minority of the most privileged created a nationalist and elitist corporation: the Lig...
Description: Isabel Marengo (1894-1977) was an internationally acclaimed Argentine lyrical soprano. Marengo was the first soprano in the country. She made her debut in the Teatro Colón (Colón Theatre) and from then onwards her career was successful in the world. Extent and format of original mat...