Object Blog: Drawing (Tejanos del Siglo XVIII)
This is a pen and ink drawing entitled “Tejanos del Siglo XVIII” by artist J. Cisneros, commissioned by the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. The Spanish presence in Texas has...
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Object: Handbill (Woman’s Pavilion for HemisFair ’68 Brochure)
This is a brochure from the Woman’s Pavilion for HemisFair ’68 requesting donations. Sister Mary Corita of the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, California designed the cover. The cover...
Object: Telephone (Princess Telephone)
The way people communicate with each other, as well as the devices used to communicate have changed over the years. This object is a telephone created by the Bell Telephone...
Object: Dog Tag
This object is a metal identification tag also known as a dog tag. This tag was worn by Jose M. Valdespino who enlisted in Sept 1942 at Duncan Field, in...
Object: Bumper Sticker (Henry Cisneros for Mayor Bumper Sticker)
In 1981 Henry Cisneros became the first Hispanic mayor of a major American city. This object is a bumper sticker used during Henry Cisneros’ campaign for mayor of San Antonio....
Print of Last Meeting of General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
The Civil War resulted in the death of more than 600,000 soldiers and many more were injured. After the war ended many Americans wanted to commemorate the war with art,...