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Title:

[Chicano iron-on image transfers]

Creator/Contributor:

Francisco's, publisher.

Abstract:

Chiefly unused iron-on image transfers on paper, with designs depicting various themes of Chicano and Latino youth culture: slang, low rider cars, salsa music, graffiti, pachucos, cholo gangsters, bad girls, brown pride, La Virgen de Guadalupe, etc. Also includes patches and velvet fabric transfers with stylized text; humorous greeting cards and stickers; and a few items pertaining to the inventory of such material when it was owned by the Avalon Shop (3190 21st Street, in the Mission District of San Francisco).

Date:

1980 (issued)

Subject:

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Mexican Americans -- Pictorial works
Mexican American art -- Specimens
Mexican American gangs -- Pictorial works
Spanish language -- Dialects -- United States
Chicano movement
Américains d'origine mexicaine -- Ouvrages illustrés
Art américain (mexicain) -- Spécimens
Chicano movement
Chicano movement
Mexican American art
Mexican American gangs
Mexican Americans
Spanish language -- Dialects
United States

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Alos includes fabric transfers, greeting cards, stickers, patches and other items.
Various artists and publishers. Many designs issued by Francisco's.
Per bookseller, previously owned by Avalon Shop.
Purchase from Znz / Matt Wobensmith ; 2023.
Chicano iron-on image transfers, BANC PIC 2023.033, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Pictorial works
Specimens

Physical Description:

print
approximately 100 items in 1 box and 3 folders : chiefly iron-on image transfer prints on paper ; sheets various sizes

Language:

Spanish

Origin:

California