2010.54.384

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El Teatro Campesino in La Carpa de los Rasquachis (The Tent of the Underdogs)
1974
22.5 in HIGH x 17.5 in WIDE
(57.15 cm HIGH x 44.45 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.384

Bottom right has a stamp that reads, "Approved for posting by Dean of Students Date:" with "2/25/74" handwritten in pencil.





Poster is printed on yellow paper with black ink. The top of the poster has a drawing of people of walking with bed rolls on thier backs. They are dressed in traditional Chilean clothing. Around the drawing is "El Teatro Campesino in La Carpa de los Rasquachis (The Tent of the Underdogs)." Below is "Speaking: Andres Rojas/ -former Chilean Press Attache from the Allende Government/ March 15, 1974 8:00 P.M./ Sacred Heart Church/ Willow & Locust Streets, San Jose/ $2.00 donation/ $1.50 H.S. Students/ Presented by the Committee to Defend Democracy in Chile." A box on the left has "Chilean Struggle Benefit" in large letters. El Teatro Campesino ("The Farm Workers Theater Troupe") was formed by Luis Valdez in 1965. It was initially used for entertaining and educating farmworkers in Delano, but soon began touring. It sparked a national Chicano theater movement. [LMC]
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