Memória visual da cidade de Pelotas nas fotografias impressas no jornal A Alvorada e no Almanaque de Pelotas (1931 – 1935).

Abstract

Photographic images linked to the print medium indicate numerous readings and several possibilities for deciphering your messages. For a free analysis of subjectivity, this paper was developed through a multidisciplinary approach, quantitative and qualitative, about the photographs printed in the Journal presents A Alvorada and the Almanaque de Pelotas, during the period 1931 to 1935. The time frame is significant for the city of Pelotas because it represents the financial meltdown of an economy before rising, marked by the collapse of Banco Pelotense in 1931. The newspaper A Alvorada led by a group of black intellectuals, with weekly Sunday feature, spreading ideas and information for working class and the black community in the region. In Almanaque de Pelotas the popular themes inherent part of your pages, ensuring the sympathy of a broad audience. Both journals in its pages contain a large number of photos printed, although several in the periodicity, format and usefulness, communicants of some democratic principles: sometimes transited between social classes, and other news content to entertain, inform and guide their readers for life in society through the visual representations of the city of Pelotas.