of the Banco de la República kindly aided in the reproduction of some images from the Blaa.In delightful Cartagena, the staff of the Archivo Histórico, Archivo General del Distrito, facilitated access to its newspaper collections.Esperanza del Valle introduced me to the headquarters and activities of the Concurso Nacional de Belleza, while Jacklin Rojas Camargo artfully assisted in the use of several images from the