New Orleans: Gateway to the Americas
Mercurio, 1913 |
Mercurio was a Spanish-language magazine published by the New Orleans Progressive Union. Its pages were filled with articles of cultural, political and commercial interest to its readers in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. A. E. Pradillo, former Mexican Consul General at New Orleans, served for many years on the magazine's staff.Among Mercurio's advertisers were local businesses interested in exporting their products to such Spanish-speaking parts of the world. The advertisement displayed on this panel appeared on the back cover of the magazine's March, 1913 number. W. J. Martinez & Bros., a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in boots and shoes, had its origins in New Orleans during the 1820s. By 1869 it had a customer base extending from the southern U.S. into Central America.
[Mercurio, March, 1913]