coat, suit
date: label: date made
content: ca mid-1990s
label: date made
content: 1992 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: Hector Aguilar, trusted journalist and senior anchor at WNJU in New Jersey wore this jacket. Aguilar, a Cuban refugee who migrated to the United States in the 1960s, worked in broadcasting from an early age and made a career in radio and television. He chose stylish but formal clothing to signal his respect for the news and his audiences; he took both seriously and became a respected personality that viewers turned to for the news.
label: Description
content: His daughter, Margarita Aguilar noted that he was “very fashion conscious and liked fabrics like tweed, pure wools and other natural fibers. He also admired great tailoring and fine design. He never wore a suit but well-tailored jackets such as this one ... with made-to-order pants from his tailor.”
label: Description
content: In the 1950s, consumers made television the centerpiece of the home, fueling competition among broadcasters to create new products, new programming, new stations, and even new networks. Innovators, such as those behind the creation of independent Spanish-language stations and eventually the Spanish International Network (SIN), challenged established broadcasting companies by creating new programming in Spanish and catering to underserved audiences. Established in the early 1960s, SIN knit together independents and created new stations to serve a national audience. With a complex business and legal history, SIN eventually became Univision in the 1980s. In the decades after 1980, Spanish-language programing options grew with recognition of Latinx communities as powerful consumer groups and the advent of new broadcasting technologies such as cable and digital TV.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Héctor Aguilar, periodista de renombre y presentador principal de WNJU en Nueva Jersey uso esta chaqueta. Aguilar, refugiado cubano que emigró a Estados Unidos en la década de 1960, comenzó a trabajar en radiodifusión desde temprana edad e hizo carrera en la radio y la televisión. Eligió ropa elegante y formal, para manifestar respeto por las noticias y por su audiencia; se dedicó con seriedad a ambos y se convirtió en una personalidad respetada a la que los espectadores acudían para mantenerse informados.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Su hija, Margarita Aguilar, señaló que él era “muy consciente de la moda y le gustaban las telas como tweed, las lanas puras y otras fibras naturales. También admiraba la gran sastrería y el diseño fino. Nunca vestía de traje, pero sí usaba chaquetas bien confeccionadas como esta ... con pantalones hechos a medida por su sastre ".
label: Description (Spanish)
content: En la década de 1950, los consumidores hicieron de la televisión un componente central de sus hogares, fomentando la competencia entre las difusoras para crear nuevos productos, nueva programación, nuevas estaciones, e incluso nuevas redes. Los innovadores, como los creadores de los canales independientes de habla hispana y el Spanish International Network (SIN), desafiaron a las emisoras establecidas creando nuevos programas en español centradas en audiencias históricamente ignoradas. Establecido a principios de los sesenta, SIN unió a difusoras independentes y creó nuevas estaciones para responder a una audiencia nacional. Tras una compleja trayectoria empresarial y legal, SIN se convertiría en Univisión en la década de 1980. Durante las próximas décadas, las opciones de programación en español crecieron gracias al reconocimiento de la comunidad Latinx, como poderoso grupo de consumidores, y a la introducción de nuevas tecnologías de difusión, como el cable y la televisión digital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey
topic: label: general subject association
content: Latino
label: general subject association
content: Hispanics
label: general subject association
content: Spanish
label: general subject association
content: Television broadcasts
label: classified
content: Broadcasting
label: general subject association
content: Journalism
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content: Work and Industry: Work
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donated by the Aguilar Family in memory of their father Hector Aguilar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0252.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0252.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat, suit
label: Object Type
content: Suit Coat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown; black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: viscose; rayon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 23 in; 78.74 cm x 58.42 cm