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Accession Number: 2015.9.2

Physical Description: Poster promoting a Mexican Independence Day celebration in Topeka, Kansas. The rectangular-shaped poster is printed on white paper. Mexican immigrants to the United States formed mutualistas - mutual aid societies - in the 19th and 20th centuries. The organizations provided a connection to the immigrants' homeland and helped them survive in a new country. They provided cultural actives, education, legal protection, and advocacy, usually for men, though some mutualistas had women's auxiliaries. The Sociedad Miguel Hidalgo, named for the leader of the revolutionaries in the Mexican War of Independence, was organized in Topeka, Kansas, possibly in 1917. The group sponsored activities like the celebration of Mexican Independence Day promoted on this poster.

History of Object: Mexican immigrants to the United States formed mutualistas - mutual aid societies - in the 19th and 20th centuries. The organizations provided a connection to the immigrants' homeland and helped them survive in a new country. They provided cultural actives, education, legal protection, and advocacy, usually for men, though some mutualistas had women's auxiliaries. The Sociedad Miguel Hidalgo, named for the leader of the revolutionaries in the Mexican War of Independence, was organized in Topeka, Kansas, possibly in 1917. The group sponsored activities like the celebration of Mexican Independence Day promoted on this poster.

Date: 1959

Dimensions (in cm): 38.10 (H) 21.50 (W)

Marks/Inscriptions: [front, upper left] 1810 / ¡HONRA Y Paz / a Nuestros / Héroes! // [front, upper right] 1959 / ¡Loor Eterno a los / Héroes de la / Independencia / Mexicana! // [front, lower two thirds] EL COMITE PATRIOTICO MEXICANO , SE DIGNA EN INVITAR AL PUBLICO / EN GENERAL DE TOPEKA, KANSAS Y PUEBLOS CIRCUNVENCINOS, / A CELEBRAR LA FIESTA PATRIA DEL 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE / DE 1810, QUE SE CONMEMORARA EL / SABADO 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE / [?] / Meadow Acres Ballroom, 8 P.M., Septiembre 19, 1959 //

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Associations and Subjects

    Theme/topic: Mexico
    Group: Immigrants
    Origin, Place of: Shawnee County (Kan.)
    Business / Organization: Sociedad Mutualista
    Origin, Place of: Topeka (Kan.)
    Business / Organization: La Sociedad Miguel Hidalgo

Creators and Contributors

    La Sociedad Miguel Hidalgo

Status: Cataloged

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