Concepción del Uruguay Entre Ríos [1920s-1960s]

Description: This is a handmade envelope with five stationary envelopes mainly containing newspapers' and magazines' articles and clippings plus engravings and photos that inform us about the now city of Concepción del Ururguay. In 1783, it was a village—the Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay--that was founded where a Jesuit settlement named Concepción had previously existed at the beginning of the 17th century. During the 19th century, Concepción del Uruguay was one of the first cities to join Buenos Aires in the wars of Independence against Spain and it was occasionally declared capital of the province of Entre Ríos. In 1826, Justo José de Urquiza as deputy favoured the law that gave Concepción del Uruguay the rank of a city and, in 1848, as governor of Entre Ríos, he founded the well-known Colegio del Uruguay—the first non-religious school in the country. In 1873, the city became a municipality where President Domingo F. Sarmiento created the second Escuela Normal (a school for young girls educated to become teachers) in Argentina. In 1887, the railway arrived while the port was reformed reaching its highest success in 1910, commercially succeeding from then onwards. Extent of original: Handmade envelope . Condition of original: Regular to bad condition.