Printed ephemera -- Mexico

Scope and Content El Periquillo: Diario Poetico de la VI Feria Mexicana del Libro was a daily publication of the sixth Mexican book fair, which took place in 1954. It was published by the Confederacion Nacional de Organizaciones Populares (C.N.O.P.). The publication contained an engraving of an animal or insect with a related poem on the front page. There was an editorial concerning Mexican culture inside the front cover, original poetry, articles and daily fair schedules within...

Scope and Content This collection consists of two series, containing approximately 135 half-sheet broadsides from Mexico. All the associated text is written in Spanish.In Series I, each broadside contains an illustration from either a zinc etching, a type-metal engraving, a woodcut, or a photograph. Dates for this series range between 1895 and 1925. Some of the broadsides are entirely in verse, some report events such as comets, crime, natural disasters. The most represented printer is Antonio...