Publicity photograph of the cast of the television series Que Pasa USA
date: label: date made
content: 1977-1980
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Publicity photograph of the cast of the television series ¿Qué Pasa, USA? The photograph features members of the cast in three levels in pairs, with those in the middle seated in chairs. The photograph has been marked with red grease pencil for reproduction or publication.
label: Description (Brief)
content: ¿Qué Pasa, USA? was the first bilingual sitcom in American history. It was created by Manuel 'Cookie' Mendoza, filmed at PBS member station WPBT in Miami, Florida, and aired on PBS nationwide from 1977 to 1980. The program followed the lives of the Cuban-American Peña family in Little Havana, Miami, Florida, representing the joys and frustrations of daily life in this community, including code-switching, intergenerational conflict, and cultural pride vs. acculturation to American norms.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Florida, Miami
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Latino
label: Subject
content: Cuban Americans
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0103.04
label: accession number
content: 2023.0103
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0103.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm