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This article examines how the Papel Periódico Ilustrado (Illustrated Newspaper) was part of the Colombian Nation-State reconfiguration process promoted by the Regeneration. It argues that the History section printed historiographic texts and visual representations which contributed to structuring a new viewpoint of the nation's present, characterized by three temporal dimensions: of the present as a double allusion to the past and from the present to the future, anchored In tradition. This process highlights elements of continuity with the idea of the Spanish heritage and the foundational myth of the nation related to the Independence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some specific fields of historical research relating to material life require the use of non-written sources. This article deals with the researcher's need to find iconographic sources and to approach objects related in time and space to the subject of their study, so that they can serve to complement the search for and understanding of the subject of their research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]