Dona Julia screen print poster
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AC0615-0000024.tif (AC Scan) 1997.3100.18 (Museum Cat. No.)
- Exhibitions Note
- In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.
- Artist
- Diaz, Juan
- Author
- Marques, Rene
- Sponsor
- Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Donor
- Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Collection Donor
- Archivo General de Puerto Rico
- Place
- Puerto Rico -- 20th century
- Topic
- Superstition
- Medical sciences
- Motion pictures
- Politics -- Puerto Rico
- Artist
- Diaz, Juan
- Author
- Marques, Rene
- Sponsor
- Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Donor
- Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- See more items in
- Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
- Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Plays
- Extent
- 1 Item (Ink on paper., 83.9 x 53.1 cm.)
- Date
- 1970s
- Container
- Map-folder 1
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Film posters
- Posters
- Screen prints
- Collection Citation
- Puerto Rico Division of Community Education Poster Collection, 1940-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Film posters -- 20th century
- Posters -- Puerto Rico
- Screen prints
- Scope and Contents
- This silkscreen by Juan Diaz emphasizes the central, heroic figure of a woman carrying a child. Released in 1955, the film is an adaptation of a short story by Rene Marques in the anthology "Cinco Cuentos de Miedo" (Five Frightful Tales), which was distributed in rural communities in 1954. Using melodrama, the storyline validates medical science and health education in the face of traditional healing beliefs and "superstitions". (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562715026967-1562715027017-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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