Mexican film postcard collection
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.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1910-1924, undated
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 copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection is comprised of 80 postcards produced in Mexico, depicting various actors and movies from the silent film era.
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
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.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Mexican film postcard collection
- Status
- Processed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant.
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu