35 Cover Photos of Blanco y Negro Magazine in the Early 20th Century

Blanco y Negro (White and Black) was a Spanish-language weekly art and literary magazine and later, the companion of the daily ABC. The magazine was established in 1891. Its title was a reference to the contrasts in life such as laughter and tears and the sad and happy. Its founder was Torcuato Luca de Tena. The magazine was controlled by the Catholic Church through Editorial Catolica which also published it on a weekly basis. The headquarters of the weekly was in Madrid.

Covers of Blanco y Negro magazine in the early 20th century

Blanco y Negro covered the articles of various Spanish writers and caricaturists, including Cecilio Pla, Ramon Cilla among the others. The weekly also published articles by Hilda de Toledano (literary pseudonym of Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Braganza), a writer and famous pretender to the throne of Portugal.

In 1988, Blanco y Negro became a Sunday supplement to the daily newspaper ABC. In 2005, it was renamed ABCD Las Artes y Las Letras and continues as a weekly supplement.

Here is a set of vintage photos that shows covers of Blanco y Negro magazine from between the 1900s and 1920s.

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1902

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1902

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, February 8, 1902

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 729, April 21, 1905

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 731, May 6, 1905

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 734, May 27, 1905

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 784, May 12, 1906

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 845, July 13, 1907

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 888, May 9, 1908

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, January 16, 1909

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, Nº 1285, January 2, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1286, January 9, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1290, February 6, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1291, February 13, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1291, No. 1289, January 30, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1291, No. 1292, February 20, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1297, March 26, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1299, April 9, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1301, April 23, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1303, May 7, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1310, June 25, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1330, November 12, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, No. 1334, December 10, 1916

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1917

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1917

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1917

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1919

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1920

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1920

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1920

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1922

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1923

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1923

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, November 29, 1925

Cover of Blanco y Negro magazine, 1929