Description:
Hector Aguilar, trusted journalist and senior anchor at WNJU in New Jersey wore this jacket. Aguilar, a Cuban refugee who migrated to the United States in the 1960s, worked in broadcasting from an early age and made a career in radio and television. He chose stylish but formal clothing to signal his respect for the news and his audiences; he took both seriously and became a respected personality that viewers turned to for the news.
The pocket silks Hector Aguilar wore were always in various patterns such as these three and most often than not, were from Italian or French collections. He liked designers such as Yves St. Laurent and Christian Dior.
In the 1950s, consumers made television the centerpiece of the home, fueling competition among broadcasters to create new products, new programming, new stations, and even new networks. Innovators, such as those behind the creation of independent Spanish-language stations and eventually the Spanish International Network (SIN), challenged established broadcasting companies by creating new programming in Spanish and catering to underserved audiences. Established in the early 1960s, SIN knit together independents and created new stations to serve a national audience. With a complex business and legal history, SIN eventually became Univision in the 1980s. In the decades after 1980, Spanish-language programing options grew with recognition of Latinx communities as powerful consumer groups and the advent of new broadcasting technologies such as cable and digital TV.
Date Made: ca mid-1990s
Maker: Yves Saint Laurent
Description (Spanish): Héctor Aguilar, periodista de renombre y presentador principal de WNJU en Nueva Jersey uso este pañuelo. Aguilar, un refugiado cubano que emigró a Estados Unidos en la década de 1960, comenzó a trabajar en radiodifusión desde temprana edad e hizo carrera en la radio y la televisión. Eligió ropa elegante pero formal, para manifestar respeto por las noticias y por su audiencia; se dedicó con seriedad a ambos y se convirtió en una personalidad respetada a la que los espectadores acudían para mantenerse informados.Los pañuelos de seda de bolsillo que usaba Héctor Aguilar siempre lucían variados patrones, como estos tres, y la mayoría de las veces, eran de colecciones italianas o francesas. Le gustaban diseñadores como Yves St. Laurent y Christian Dior.En la década de 1950, los consumidores hicieron de la televisión un componente central de sus hogares, fomentando la competencia entre las difusoras para crear nuevos productos, nueva programación, nuevas estaciones, e incluso nuevas redes. Los innovadores, como los creadores de los canales independientes de habla hispana y el Spanish International Network (SIN), desafiaron a las emisoras establecidas creando nuevos programas en español centradas en audiencias históricamente ignoradas. Establecido a principios de los sesenta, SIN unió a difusoras independentes y creó nuevas estaciones para responder a una audiencia nacional. Tras una compleja trayectoria empresarial y legal, SIN se convertiría en Univisión en la década de 1980. Durante las próximas décadas, las opciones de programación en español crecieron gracias al reconocimiento de la comunidad Latinx, como poderoso grupo de consumidores, y a la introducción de nuevas tecnologías de difusión, como el cable y la televisión digital.Location: Currently not on view
Associated Community: Latino
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Credit Line: Donated by the Aguilar Family in memory of their father Hector Aguilar
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 2017.0252.03Catalog Number: 2017.0252.03Accession Number: 2017.0252
Object Name: pocket squareObject Type: Handkerchief
Physical Description: silk (overall material)red (overall color)Measurements: overall: 16 in x 16 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 41.91 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7a64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_1849050
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