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Houston's Climate, People Give Visiting Comic Warm Welcome
Newspaper clipping about comedian Jose Jimenez (also known as Bill Dana), his visit to Houston, and his interview on the KLVL radio station. Includes a picture by Jim Cox of Mary Helen Martinez with Jimenez. -
Distinguished paradoxist honorary membership
Distinguished achievement in the paradoxist literary Movement and honorary membership -
Faculty member Otto Pikaza (center) and students at a University Hall sit-in that helped lead to the founding of the Latin American and Latino studies program
Students: Carlos Heredia (far l., partial view), Rudy Lozano (l. profile leaning in with moustache), Josefina Kramer (r., standing) -
La Bestia; The Beast;
A beast personifies Fascism. It is carrying broken buildings on its back, signifying the end of civilization. It carries an ax and a net that contains nude women and their children. -
¿Y ésto por qué? Why?
A woman covers with a blanket killed children during the Spanish Civil War. The drawing caption says "Why?" -
Hierro para refugios. Iron for Shelters.
A man is constructing a Spanish Civil War shelter with iron donated by the members of the Confederated Hispanic Societies (CHS) in the Republican zone. Iron will be sent to Spain in the campaign "American Relief Ship for Spain;"Tags Anti-fascist Cultures -- United States; Caricatura Editorial; Culturas Antifascistas -- Estados Unidos; España Libre (New York, 1939-1977); Fascism -- Spain -- 1939-1975; Fascismo -- España -- 1939-1975; Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas de los Estados Unidos de Norte América (SHC) -- United States -
Niña. Little Girl.
A little girl has been killed by Stukas' bombs and her body lies down next to a Spanish history book. The caption says "Eternal Scenes from people who suffer." -
Protección a la infancia. Child Protection.
A woman protects a little girl when the ghost of fascism goes toward them. Militiamen fight in trenches in the background. -
La estatua ecuestre de Franco. Franco's equestrian statue.
Franco is holding a half moon, which symbolizes his Moorish Guard. Instead of a horse, he is sitting on a pile of donkey manure. The drawing was first published in Bombas de mano (1938) to illustrate a satirical poem mocking Franco.Tags Anti-fascist Cultures -- United States; Caricatura Editorial; Culturas Antifascistas -- Estados Unidos; España Libre (New York, 1939-1977); Fascism -- Spain -- 1939-1975; Fascismo -- España -- 1939-1975; Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas de los Estados Unidos de Norte América (SHC) -- United States -
Preocupación del soldado. The soldier's worries.
A big drawing of a militiaman in the background protects two little boys sitting at the front of the drawing. The caption says "The soldier's worries: the homeland and the family ... Let's help him."