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Wall Clock

 

Braulio Martínez de Lorenzo · 10 noviembre 2022 17:58


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Date, historical event and historical period
Its's from 1936

Explanation of the object
This clock appeared in my great grandparents house, and it was already there when my grandmother Chus got married. Then, the wall clock came to our house seventeen years ago, until today. It's a very special clock, because it has strings,and rings every fifteen minutes. It is inside a castaign wood box, with a cristal door. It has also got needles and a pendulum. My parents decided to turn it down, because they dind't know how to sincronize the sound and the hour. Now, Im going to tell an interesting story. My grandfather Arturo, at fifteen years old, had an illness called polyomelitis, that made half of his body paralized, so later, every time he heard the sound of the clock, he would stay completely shocked, because it reminded him that dificult time.

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(no especificado)

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A candlestick telephone.

 

Sara Morán Alonso · 18 diciembre 2020 17:14


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Date, historical event and historical period
My historical object is from 1997 specifically, a wedding gift from my parents. But it is an imitation of the classic phones of the 20s- 40s.

Explanation of the object
It was invented in 1890 by Stromberg Carlson and Almon Stowger been the 2nd oldest phone in the world. The candlestick telephones featured a mouth piece (transmitter) mounted at the top of the stand, and a receiver (ear phone) that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When the telephone was not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the telephone network.

Secondary sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_telephone
https://www.oldest.org/technology/phones/#:~:text=Candlestick%20Telephone&text=This%20phone%20model%20was%20popular,the%20ear%20during%20a%20call.

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O PORRÓN CUBANO.

 

Antía Calvo Mirás · 10 noviembre 2022 19:10


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Date, historical event and historical period
 Durante os primeiros anos do s.XX en Galicia, o aumento de poboación non podía dixerise nun sistema económico que non acababa de industrializarse e que quedaba aillado das puxantes redes ferroviarias peninsulares. Todo isto dou paso a unha emigración masiva a América que se prolongará durante o século XX.
Desde o ano 1907 ata a 1ª Guerra Mundial (1914), xurdiu a etapa da “Solidaridade Galega”, co obxectivo de conseguir un frente electoral unido para eliminar o caciquismo e conseguir unha representación galega (foi un fracaso).
Unha primeira etapa, hasta Primo de Rivera, é a marcada polas Irmandades da Fala, cunha preocupación fundamental pola defensa da lingua galega.

Explanation of the object
 Este porrón ten uns 110 anos debido a que era do meu tataravó, que se chamaba José Jorge Loureiro (1877-1974), o cal tivo que emigrar con 35 anos (1912) a Cuba na busca de traballo, xa que Galicia non pasaba os seus mellores momentos. Xa alá atopou traballo como recolector de caña de azúcar. Como non tiñan en que levar auga fresca para beber durante a súa xornada de traballo, decidiu mercar este porrón para rematar coa súa sede.
Despois de pasar 8 anos en Cuba, regresou a Galicia (1920) e trouxo a vasilla de recordo da súa estancia alá. Este obxecto fíxose unha reliquia da nosa familia que foi pasando de pais a fillos, polo que os meus bisavós e avós ainda lle deron unha gran utilidade durante moitos anos.
Agora xa non o empregamos, por iso témolo de decoración na casa, gardado con moito cariño debido a que nos lembramos dos meus bisavós e tataravós ao velo.

Secondary sources
Empreguei como fontes secundarias a búsqueda de información a través de internet para coñecer os acontecementos históricos que se produciron en Galicia nos primeiros anos do século XX.

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Mayan mask

 

Julia Del Río Bravo · 26 noviembre 2021 17:47


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Date, historical event and historical period
It is a copy of a mayan mask, from the classical period (250-950 a.C.). It could be from the early classic (250-550 a.C.), late classic (550-830) or the terminal classic (830-950).

Explanation of the object
 During the period, the center of the Maya region experienced a great political collapse, marked by the abandonment of cities, the end of dynasties, and a shift in the focus of activities to the north. There is no theory that explain this collapse, but it was likely the result of a combination of causes, including endemic internal warfare, overpopulation that resulted in severe environmental degradation, and drought.

The art belonged to the royal court and it was made from different types of materials, served to connect the Mayans with their ancestors. The most important pieces of art belong to the late classic period.

My dad bought it at a street market, with lots of different things such as clothing typical from there, as well as food. That kind of markets are very common in places from South and Central America, as here is going to a supermarket. You could buy your daily needs, for example food, in the street markets.

It is important to our family because it keeps the memory not only from other types of cultures, as the Mayan, but also about the different trips my dad had because of his work. When he goes to a new country, he always brings some kind of object that is from that place. For example, when he went to India, he bought pictures of the Hindu deities and clothing. That way, we have a little bit of different types of cultures in our home.

Secondary sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization 26/11/2021

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Pocket Ballance

 

Óscar Granja Grille · 5 enero 2023 17:23


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Date, historical event and historical period
Acording to an Esty´s article this pocket balance is arround 1891, but the first memory of it in our family is down the 50s.

Explanation of the object
This object is called pocket balance or dynamometer. It is made of some tipe of metal but it is to old and rusty so we can´t know the exact tipe. To use it you must grab the top ring and put the object you want to weight in the hook under the machine. That would make the marker do down marking the weight in kilograms or pounds, up to a maximum of twenty pounts or 11 kilograms. On the front, it has writen:"CHATILLON´S BALLANCE Nº2 NEW-YORK. It is 12 cm tall, 3.5 cm wide and 2 cm thick.

Secondary sources
Etsy: Antique 1891 Victorian Scale, Must see item, Balance, No 2 New York:
https://www.etsy.com/es/listing/687392228/escala-victoriana-antigua-de-1891
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