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Name of the object

Cuenco o recipiente

 

Jorge Rodríguez Garrido · 18 diciembre 2020 14:03


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Date, historical event and historical period
El objeto que escogí fue un cuenco hecho por mi abuela hace 5 años, el cual nos regaló

Explanation of the object
Pues tener no tiene un significado, simplemente hizo el cuenco y lo decoró con flores y colores para que fuese más bonito

Secondary sources
Pues ella miró vídeos para aprender a hacerlo y la decoración de este fue imaginación suya.

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It's a picture about my brother and sister childhood

 

Raúl Otero Figueira · 18 diciembre 2020 16:27


Date, historical event and historical period
Aprox middle of 2005/2006 before use animals in fairs became ilegal

Explanation of the object
My sister and my brother riding a two little ponys before that became ilegal, they were very happy because they knew ride a horse

Secondary sources
I've just asked to my brother and take a photo of the picture because i don't know very much about my brother and sister childhood

Name of the object

My father's computer

 

Andrea Vilas Pampín · 15 diciembre 2020 18:14


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Date, historical event and historical period
This computer was bought by my father in 2005. His first one was bought in 1889 and it corresponds to the second generation of computers. This series of computers were known as domestic computer and were in the market around the 1990s.

The increase of domestic computers at home belongs to the Contemporary History.

Explanation of the object
My father had two computers during his life. The first one was a gift from my grandfather when he was 17. There was a company that was providing him with computer for his workplace, so he decides to get one in second hand for their son.

After some years, this first computer started to fail so my father decided it was time to buy a new one. He bought one in an establishment that, at that time, also sold computers. Now that same Pc is with us at home.

This computer is white, big and the screen has the shape of a square. It's a personalized model so it doesn't belong to any brand in particular.

It has been there for as long as I remember, but now It is starting to fail. Maybe it's the time now to start searching a new one. And after some years, we will look at our old computers and remember all the things we did with them.

Secondary sources
- Wikipedia, Article about Home Computers. Last access: 11/12/2020 Link:
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computadora_dom%C3%A9stica

Name of the object

Flames of War miniatures

 

Jaime Fernández Fernández · 16 diciembre 2020 18:01


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Date, historical event and historical period
The yoy soldiers are relate to WWII but the historical period is the present since it is now when they have been produced and I am using them. I exactly have them since 2015 but they were manufactured in early 2000s.

Explanation of the object
The toy soldier with the present concept of toy, collecting, history, game, contemplation...was born in the city of Nuremberg in Germany in 1775, from the hand of Johann Gottfried Hilpert. The Golden Age of the toy soldier goes from 1920 to 1936, which is when the interest on collecting of tin toy soldiers was consolidated. In the 50s and 60s a majority decline of this hobby was produced although from 1970 onwards the fondness for the toy soldiers aimed at adults reappeared.
Apart from collecting, many fans also use the miniatures to play. This modality is called Wargame and it consists on a strategy game where each player has an army formed by miniatures that face off on a battlefield. In Europe this fashion does not stop growing.
The miniatures or soldiers are from the 2000s, that are the years when they began to be made but as they are from the Second World War they are related with WWII and with some particular events from Second World War that will be highlighted now:
- The Battle of the Bulge (16th December 1944 - 15th January 1945). All the soldiers I have right now can be used to represent the Battle of the Bulge.
- Operation Market Garden (17th September 1944 - 25th September 1944). Only the parachute rifle company, marked in the photo with a green square, are the ones that can be used to represent this battle.
- The parachute drops from the Operation Overlord (first hours on the 6th June of 1944). From here just the parachute rifle company, as before, can be used.
- Operation Cobra (25th July 1944 - 4th August 1944). To represent this operation only the tanks, the infantry and the artillery, marked in the photo in pink, can be used.
- Tank battles in the Lorraine (September 1944 - January 1945). To represent theses battles the same soldiers marked in pink and some others marked in orange are used.
- The battles from the Western Front in 1945 (February 1945 - April 1945). To represent these battles we can use the same soldiers from the previous point.
These are the main historical events to which they belong and where they are mainly used to play with, because Flames of War is a game. Without any doubt, they can also be used to represent other battles.
The process of preparing miniatures is the following one:
First you need to get rid of the excess of resin or plastic with a filing file so that they fit properly on the base. After that you begin to paint them. What I personally do is to paint the figure all in black and then looking at the box or photographs on internet I began to paint it with the necessary colors, leaving the helmet for the end. Then when all the paint is dry I glue the figures to the bases and when they are already glued I put some grass on the base and they would be ready.
To create a battlefield of Flames of War (Flames of War is a Wargame) you need a table of 180cm × 120cm. Then you put on the table a green mat of the same dimensions to represent the grass and after that the rest of the elements required for the battle like houses, hills, roads, rivers, forests...are placed. And when everything is ready the miniatures are displayed and the battle begins.
Personally I am interested in the toy soldiers because I really like everything related to the Second World War and I love making battles with them because it is a very interesting game and where you need a good strategy to win and besides when they are all painted they seem very beautiful.

Secondary sources
Digital
16th of December:
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Parachute Rifle Platoon (Plastic) - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Parachute Rifle Company (UBX18) - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Resultados web
Engineer Combat Company (Winter) - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
M4A3E2 Jumbo - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
105mm Field Artillery Battery (Plastic) (UBX77) - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Operation Cobra... - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Bridge At Remagen Design Notes - Flames Of War
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Resultados web
Blood, Guts, & Glory Design Notes - Flames Of War
17th of December:
www.flamesofwar.com › hobby
Resultados web
M4 Sherman Tank Platoon (Plastic) (UBX69) - Flames Of War
20th December:
https://historico.diarioz.com.ar/nota/soldaditos-de-plomo-un-pasatiempo-en-miniatura-41162/
https://www.museocjv.com/soldadosinformacion.htm
Books
16th December:
Ardenas 1944 la última apuesta de Hitler de Antony Beevor.
La batalla por los puentes Arnhem 1944. La última victoria alemana en la segunda guerra mundial de Antony Beevor.
El Día D la batalla de Normandía de Antony Beevor.
Cobra the Normandy Breakout de Flames of War.
Bridge at Remagen the battle for the Rhine, February-April 1945 de Flames of War.
Grandes batallas de la Segunda guerra mundial del Dr. Chris Mann.
20th December:
Flames of War 4th edition rulebook de Phil Yates.

Name of the object

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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