196 Fundació Uriach 1838

New acquisition by FU1838 archive

18/06/2019


Corporate postcard of Biohorm, preparers and distributors of J., Uriach and Cia, S.A. of the year 1961.
 
In the front there is a photograph of the Uriach laboratory by Agustí Centelles. Born in Valencia in 1909, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern photojournalism in Europe, his images are among the most representative and famous of the Spanish Civil War, both in the rearguard in Barcelona, the Bombing of Lleida, the Aragon front or the stay in the republican refugee camps in Northern Catalonia and Occitania. After the war, due to his republican past, he could not practice as a photojournalist and devoted himself to industrial photography.
The text is accompanied by the text "The Biohorm specialties are subject to rigorous analytical, experimental and manufacturing control".
 
In the back it includes the text "Doctor: we work to increase his prestige, and we try to improve ourselves, day by day, to continue, conserving his confidence".