Items

• Cabinet made during the sectorial phase of the 12th Spanish National Competition

  Black and white photograph of Lluís Fradera with the cabinet (Test Project) he made during the national competition in 1958. He got the first position in Cabinetmaking On Lluís Fradera’s words: “The picture of the piece of furniture... that’s the one I made for the national competition, in Madrid’s national championship, that was the assignment they gave us there.”
• Spanish Champions in Brussels 1958

  Black and white photo of 6 of the 7 Spanish Champions at the 7th International Competition, with the trophies. Lluís Fradera on the left and 5 more
• Spanish Champions in Brussels 1958

  Black and white photo of the 7 Spanish Champions at the 7th International Competition, with the trophies: Cándido González, Fitting Andrés Martínez, Fitting Blas Manuel Castillejos, Panel Beating Esteban Pérez, Panel Beating Francisco Bravo, Welding Lluís Fradera, Cabinetmaking Ángel Serrano, Joinery
• Official Visit to the International Training Competition in 1958

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. A young competitor is working. Francisco Albert Vidal (behind and smiling) and Faustino Ramos (on the right, looking at Francisco Albert Vidal, wearing a bow tie) are in the group of visitors.
• Welding student at the 50s

  Roberto Ors, student of oxyacetylene welding, during a course about operational methods.
• Fernando Mayer Garea with the Trophy he won in Silversmithing, 1957

  A black and white photograph of Fernando Mayer Garea who was awarded first place trophy in the silversmith category at the 1957 competition in Madrid where he made a chalice. He was a 15-year-old student at the time. In the photograph he is proudly holding his trophy. The young man would go on to compete in the Duisburg competition in Germany in 1961, and enjoy a successful career in his craft.
• Paloma and the bike

  Black and white photo of Paloma, one of the Albert Vidal's daughters, with a bike, at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School, where the family was living, Probably the photo was taken by his father. The girl was about 7 years old.
• Black and white composition with 2 photographs: Competition trophy and the "Puerta de Alcalá" monument.

  Black and white composition with 2 photographs: Competition trophy and the "Puerta de Alcalá" monument. Down the trophy, the text: V Concurso Internacional de Formación Profesional Obrera (5th International Workers' Vocational Training Competition)
• 4 loose photo album pages with 7 photographs from competitions from 1955 to 1959, collected by Fred Hill.

  4 loose photo album pages with 7 photographs from competitions from 1955 to 1959, collected by Fred Hill. Some carry captions written on the prints in ballpoint pen. They show: They show: A UK competitor identified as Don Gross receiving a first place trophy at the 1958 Brussels Competition. Gross won bricklaying. IVTO officials at Modena 1959 IVTO officials unidentified competition and/or location IVTO officials probably either Madrid 56 or 57. Includes Fred Hill, the UK ambassador to Madrid from 1954 to 1960, and the head of the Frente de Juventudes appointed in 1956, Jesús López-Cancio Fernández UK team arriving at the Dublin 1963 competition A UK competitor receives a first place trophy at Brussels '58
• 4 loose photo album pages with 12 photographs from competitions and events from 1966 to 1981, collected by Fred Hill.

  4 loose photo album pages with 12 photographs from competitions and events from 1956 to 1981, collected by Fred Hill. Some carry captions written on the prints in ballpoint pen. They show: 1966, The UK team at the opening of the 1966 competition in the Netherlands 1969, Fred with an unknown man and the UK politician Roy Hattersley. 1972, Fred Speaking at California Labor Federation, where he proposed US membership of the IVTO 1976, Young American apprentices on the steps of the Capitol for a VICA conference in Washington DC 1976, Fred at the podium of the VICA conference 1981, Fred Hill at the Atlanta contest in 1981 flanked by members of the UK team 1981, Fred with a silver medal winner at Atlanta 1981 1981, Fred with officials
• Douglas Hill working on a loom.

  Douglas Hill working on a loom.
• 1954 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Elola-Olaso, in the center, attending the explanations from a competitor.
• Edgar Stengel with the tool making test project outcomes from 1953

  Edgar Stengel with the tool making test project outcomes from 1953. Photo took during the filmed oral history on 20 July 2020.
• Students at the classroom

  Black and white photograph of a group of students attending the lesson of Drawing at the Salesianos Sarriá VET School
• Teams participating at the 3rd International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid.

  Magazine double page clipping with a review of the 1953 International vocational Training Competition including 5 photographs: The Moroccan team, the Portuguese team, the Swiss-French team, the German team and the Spanish team. Pages included in a report published in 1954
• 1953 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Francisco Albert Vidal is behind in the center. The group is overseeing a set of objects (tools and other objects)
• 1953 Official Visit to the competition

  A group of authorities visiting the competition. Francisco Albert Vidal, on the left, is one of them. The man with glasses behind is Mr Capdepont, member of the organization team. Elola-Olaso is talking to a German competitor.
• 1953's Trophy, Spanish vocational training competition

  Photo of the Trophy presented to the winners of every skills in the 1953 Spanish National Competition. It carries the symbol of the Frente de Juventudes Officially this was the 6th Spanish national competition. Competitions were held at the Virgen de Paloma training school in Madrid, the leading vocational skills institute in Spain.
• Lluís Graus poses with the trophies won in Cabinetmaking at the 1960 National and International Vocational Training Competitions

  Lluís Graus poses with the trophies won in Cabinetmaking at the 1960 National and International Vocational Training Competitions
• The apprentice Lluís Graus during his trainig for the competition

  Set of 3 black and white photos of Joan Graus at the Salesianos VET School during his training for the competition
• The apprentice Lluís Graus

  Set of 3 black and white photos of Joan Graus at the Salesianos VET School
• 1950's Trophy, Spanish vocational training competition

  Photo of the trophy for the winners of the Spanish vocational training competition in 1950
• Certificate, 1950

  Photo of the certificate given to Joan Arsequell, Champion of “Wood pattern making” in the I International Competition, Madrid 1950 (photo was taken on 2021, when teh owner loaned teh certificate for a period of time)
• Francisco Albert Vidal at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School

  Francisco Albert Vidal at the Virgen de la Paloma VET School, on the entrance stairway to the building where the family was living at that time.
• Salesianos VET School postcard

  Salesianos VET School in Barcelona postcard with the photo of the cabinetmaking workshop.