Mexican film postcard collection
Finding aid prepared by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant.
Special Collections & University Archives
The UCR Library
P.O. Box 5900
University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
Phone: 951-827-3233
Fax: 951-827-4673
Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mexican film postcard collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1910-1924, undated
Collection Number: MS 238
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection is comprised of 80 postcards produced in Mexico, depicting various actors and movies from the silent film
era.
Languages: The collection is in Spanish.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
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obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Collection of Mexican film postcards (MS 238). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in 1999.
Processing History
The collection was processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Collection of Mexican film postcards was completed by undergraduate students from the Univeristy of California,
Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project
was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Colections Management Librarian.
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 80 postcards depicting various actors and movies from the silent film era. Postcards in the
collection, most of which were distributed by "La Casa Osuna" in Mexico, include portraits of actors, publicity photographs,
and film stills from Mexican, European, and American film industries. The collection also includes some postcards with illustrated
poems.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series, with items arranged alphabetically within each series.
- Series 1. Actors and performers, 1918-1922, undated
- Series 2. Film stills, 1918-1924, undated
- Series 3. Illustrated poems, undated
- Series 4. Other images, undated
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Mexico -- History -- 20th century
Motion picture actors and actresses
Popular culture -- Mexico
Silent films
Genres and Forms of Materials
Photographic postcards
Series 1. Actors and performers
1918-1922, undated
Box 1, Items 1-4
Bertini, Francesca
undated
Box 1, Items 6-8
Carminati, Tullio
undated
Box 1, Items 11-13
Corio, María and Mina
1918
Box 1, Item 16
De Nery, Georgette
undated
Box 1, Item 20
Grandais, Suzanne
undated
Box 1, Item 22
Holloway, Carol and Antonio Moreno
undated
Box 1, Item 26
Jacobini, Maria and Elena Makowska
undated
Box 1, Items 43-44
Talmadge, Constance
undated
Series 2. Film stills
1918-1924, undated
Box 1, Items 51-52
El Patron de las Herrerias
undated
Box 1, Item 53
El Rastro del Octopo
1919
Box 1, Items 60-63
La Nueva Misión de Judex
1917
Box 1, Item 64
La Pequena Atolondrada
1918
Box 1, Item 65
La Trilodia De Dorina
1918
Box 1, Item 66
Laberinto De Pasiones
1924
Box 1, Items 67-69
Le Comte de Monte Cristo
1918
Box 1, Item 70
Primer Y Ultimo Beso
undated
Series 3. Illustrated poems
undated
Box 1, Item 72
"El Capote de Paseo"
undated
Series 4. Other images
1919, undated
Box 1, Item 75
Holland-America Line - España á Cuba y Méjico
undated
Box 1, Item 76
[Paper Boy with
The Mexican Herald]
1919
Box 1, Item 78
[Portrait of Man]
undated
Box 1, Item 79
Sr. Valenine and Gavota
undated
Box 1, Item 80
[Two Female Dancers]
undated
