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Rev. Addie Wyatt speaking at the first Coalition of Labor Union Women convention in Chicago
In auditorium. This was the first convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. -
Salima Rivera
This screenprint by Nicole Marroquín pays homage to Chicago-based, Puerto Rican poet Salima Rivera (1946-2004). It features text from Rivera’s poem, “Pilsen,” written in 1978. This was produced for the print festival Grabadolandia for a portfolio organized by Instituto Grafico de Chicago with Marimacha Monarca Press in 2019. The theme of the portfolio exchange was This Bridge Called My Back. This drawing of Rivera is based on one of Diana Solís' photographs. Two color screenprint, 11x15. -
Salt of the Earth (1954 film poster)
Poster promoting the theatrical premiere of the 1954 American film Salt of the Earth at a (now demolished) theater on 86th Street in Manhattan. Mexican actress Rosaura Revueltas, who played the leading role, is shown. The poster had four "pages", as it was folded and two-sided, this is the "front" side. -
Si Se Puede, It Can Be Done. Boycott Lettuce and Grapes. Poster, 1978. Copyright Chicago Women's Graphics Collective
Poster printed with yellow, brown, green, and orange ink on white paper. A graphic of an agricultural lettuce field fills the upper two-thirds of the page. The top half of a yellow sun with jagged rays is visible just over the field at upper right in an orange sky. The sun is printed with a United Farm Workers eagle symbol and the text, "Sí Se Puede ~ It Can Be Done" in an arch along the top. Several figures in salmon-colored outfits work among the rows of lettuce throughout the center of the page. A group portrait of men, women, and children in green, white, and salmon-colored outfits fills the bottom third of the page above the text "Boycott Lettuce and Grapes" -
Sin Fronteras, v. 7, no. 3, Chicago, IL, August-September, 1980, cover.
Newsletter V 7., no., 3. With CASA organizational logo in right top corner, table of contents, and drawing of historic Mexican, Latin American, and Chicago resistance struggles by Pilsen artist Aurelio Díaz. -
Sisterblues and the Blue Suede Dyke Band, record side 1, What Goes Around Comes Around (M. Pelc)
45 rpm record recorded at Soto Sound Studio -
Sisterblues and the Blue Suede Dyke Band, record side 2, Sister Blues (M. Pelc)
45 rpm record recorded at Soto Sound Studio -
Spanish Coalition for Jobs office with Mary Gonzalez-Koenig (founder)
Outdoor view. This organization was renamed National Latino Education Institute -
Strike! While the iron is hot! Wages for housework
From print: color (poster format) 48.2 x 35.5 cm. -
Students in Gads Hill Center’s library, c. 1985
Gads Hill Center’s library served as a sub-branch of the Chicago Public Library from 1928 until 1989, when the new Pilsen Branch Library opened at 1805 S. Loomis St.