Huracan [screenprint poster]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0615-0000016.tif (AC Scan)

 1997.3100.24 (Museum Cat. No.)
label: Exhibitions Note
content: In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.
name: label: Artist
content: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Collection Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Hurricanes
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
creator: label: Artist
content: Cortes, Eduardo Vera
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
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content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Movies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 76 x 49 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film posters
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Screen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Film posters -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- Puerto Rico
label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This silkscreen by Eduardo Vera Cortes for the film "Hurricane" depicts the "eye" of the hurricane hovering over a woman and child. It promotes the 1959 documentary based on the book "Que sabemos del huracan?" (What Do We Know About the Hurricane?). These were meant to educate the public about the origins of the hurricane, its effect, and preventive safety measures. They also included information about the resources and government agencies that provided aid during and after natural disasters. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)