San Juan Símbolos no. 13 [1930s-1960s]

Description: This envelope informs us about three important subjects of San Juan: the provincial symbols that are the flag and the badge. It also refers to the sewing workshops in San Juan that became well-known and historically honoured when the women of the province alongside the women of Mendoza and San Luis participated in the army that General José de San Martín was forming in order to cross the Andes and attack the Spaniards, first, in Chile and, then, in Peru. He formed and disciplined this army in Mendoza with the aid of men and women from this province plus the people from San Juan and San Luis. The women dedicated themselves to sow the solders’ uniform, ponchos to keep them from the cold and, even, coarse horse blankets. The third subject is the social life of San Juan dominated by the power and social elite. In the second half of the 19th century, immigrants started to arrive and cultivate vineyards that soon became the principal economical local production. The new entrepreneurs married with the elite that, at the same time, offered a kind of “aristocratic” lineage and political laws and decrees developing viticulture in San Juan. Extent and format of original material: This envelope has a number on its cover which means that this is the 13th envelope on San Juan. It contains three sub-envelopes: Symbols, Taller de costura, Social life, and Telephones. The photos tend to focus the personalities and elite of the province, the envelopes also contains newspapers' and magazines' clippings.