Description: San Jorge is a gulf in the province of Chubut part of the Patagonian region; consequently it stands on the Argentine Sea part of the Atlantic Ocean. Alfonso Camargo was the Spaniard who led the expedition in the once defined river. It was further explored in the 18th century. Now is ...
Description: San Jorge is a city in the central area of the province of Santa Fe. Now is known as the “industrial city” in the early 20th century and the late 19th century, the city received a group of immigrants, the majority of which came from Italy. In 1886, upon their arrival, they started to...
Description: Our Lady of Sumampa is also called Virgin of Compassion. Its statue shows to her advocators the image of the latter she defending humanity and God in the Apocalypse. She is the protector on the culture people of Santiago del Estero, particular, the poor, the weak as well as instituti...
Sumamao, la fiesta de- Santiago del Estero, Rep. Argentina ? (PH) [1940s]
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Description: This was a feast in the province of Santiago del Estero. Sumamao is also a locality. The feast is still celebrates Saint Stephen (San Esteban). It starts at 8 o’clock in the morning and many believers gather around the saint’s image. Meanwhile shops selling food and different kind of...
Description: Argentine comedian who worked with actors and actresses such as Elina Colomer, Tita Merello, Santiago Gómez Cou, among others. Extent and format of original material: Envelope
Description: Herminia Brumana (1897-1954) was daughter of an Italian immigrant in Argentina and dedicated herself to be a writer and a journalist. She also worked to foster national education. She published essays, short stories, and theatrical works. She also founded a magazine in his native tow...
Description: San Antonio de los Cobres (Saint Anthony of Copper) is a town in the province of Salta. The nearby Sierra del Cobre gave it its name due to the copper mines in existence. The train is and was part of the Santa-Antofagasta railway branch. Extent and format of original material: Envelope
Description: The Señor de Sumalao is dark Christ in a painting from Cuzco created in the beginning of the 17th century. It was being taken to the province of San Juan since Peru when the mule refused to advance. This was interpreted as divine will and the painting remained in Sumalao. Extent an...