Spanish Civil War Postcard 003

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a cartoon city street under fire. There are several explosions and buildings in flames. In the foreground, a large explosions lifts one man into the air and seriously injures three others in the head. Inside of the flames, there is a man's leg and arm. In the bottom right corner, there is a bloody foot with a shoe. In the background, there is a truck on fire and a body hangs over the rails of a building's balcony.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "No. 22 Big Shells Kill Madrid Children at Play The zipping voices of big shells close-at-hand became a familiar sound to civilians in the cities of Spain under bombardment during the Civil War in 1936. After the intensive shelling for a day was ended, small boys who had been huddled in the vicinity would first cautiously peer out from their hiding places in cellars, then scurry about the ruins. Like children the world over they were attracted by bright bits of jagged metal or small steel fragments lying in the rubble. When an especially large piece came to view there would be shouts of joy! Sometimes their joy was short-lived. Another shell, quite unexpected, would whizz and crack overhead, catching the children at their play. Some would be horribly mutilated; others blown to bits before their terrified comrades. Too late then to think about running to cover! Their playground was turned into a place of death and destruction by the relentless Spirit of War. To know the horrors of war is to want peace This is one of a series of 240 Picture Cards. Save to get them all. Picture and Text Copyright 1938, GUM, INC., Phila., Pa."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 003

Rights

Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyrights held by original creators of individual items in the collection are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), were transferred to New York University in November 2000 by the ALBA Board of Governors. Permission to publish or reproduce ALBA materials must be secured from the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. For more information, contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu or 212-998-2630.

Type

Still Image

Creator

Tamiment Library

Date

c. 1936-1938
1980-2000s

Language

Spanish

Publisher

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archive

Identifier

ALBA.242
tw_scp_000003

Item sets

Spanish Civil War