Opening Reception of Milpitas Mexican Family History Event

​​El Excéntrico Magazine Photography Project
Face book - El Excéntrico Project
 
You Are Invited To Our Opening Reception and Program!
 
What: Mexican Family History of Milpitas, California
as seen in the pages of El Excéntrico Magazine, 1949-1981
When: Monday, September 19, 2016
Time: Opening Reception 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM;
Program 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where: Milpitas Library Auditorium, 160 N. Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95036
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 The El Excéntrico Magazine Photography Exhibit will be on display at the
Milpitas Library Auditorium from September 19, 2016 until November 30, 2016. Additional evening programs will be held on Monday, October 17 and Monday, November 14, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Milpitas Library.
 
The Magazine was distributed in stores and businesses from Union City and Redwood City north of San José, to Watsonville and Salinas in the south El Excéntrico was a  magazine about the San José region. Milpitas was part of the region.
 
The El Excéntrico Magazine Photography Exhibit consists of 20 framed picture collages from the magazine. El Excéntrico was published from 1949 until 1981 in San José on  the 5th. and 20th.of each month for 32 years. The collection  consists of more than     700 issues which amount to more than 24,000 pages and  60,000 photographs of the people and events in the Mexican community.
 
The goal of this project is to digitize the magazine collection and place it on the World Wide Web so it is available at no cost to ALL the public. We also hope to contact and interview long-time Mexican Families of the Milpitas area during this exhibition period
 
Sponsors: Milpitas Unified School District and Milpitas Adult Education, Milpitas Library: Santa Clara County Library District, Ballet Folklorico Milpitas and
La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley.
 
For further information, Contact Ramon J. Martinez, [email protected], 408.482.3200