Votar y Votar: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

"Una piedra en el camino me enseño que mi destino era votar y votar" (A stone in the road taught me that my destiny is to vote and vote" - a customized quote from the song "El Rey (the King)" by famed Mexican singer and cultural icon Vicente Fernandez. A sketch of Fernandez, top half of poster, is drawn.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: c. 2016-2017
• depicted (sitter): Fernandez, Vicente
• maker: Hernandez, Mayra S.
• Object Name: poster
• Object Name: poster, political
• Physical Description: white (overall color)
• Physical Description: single-sided (overall pattern)
• Physical Description: homemade (overall production method/technique)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 21 7/8 in x 14 1/8 in; 55.5625 cm x 35.8775 cm
• place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
• Associated Place: United States: Illinois, Chicago
• Associated Place: Mexico
• Associated Place: Colombia: Caquetá, Puerto Rico
• general subject association: Protest and Civil Disobedience
• general subject association: Immigrants
• general subject association: Immigration
• general subject association: Singers
• general subject association: Women
• general subject association: Hispanics
• ID Number: 2018.0059.02
• accession number: 2018.0059
• catalog number: 2018.0059.02
• Credit Line: Mayra Hernandez
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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