Spanish Civil War Postcard 006

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a crowd of cartoon people entering a cellar as their city is bombed or under attack. In the background, there are wrecked buildings in flames and civilians caught in explosions. On the left side, there is a large body of water with two ships in the distance. In the foreground, there are two bodies next to the cellar entrance. A woman drops her child as she is hit by some type of explosion.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "No. 44 The Bombardment of Almeria In June, 1937, German warships fired over 200 shells into the Spanish Government port of Almeria. Their purpose was to "get even" for the prior bombing of the German "Deutschland." At the time the town was attacked it was crowded with refugees from Malaga. Thousands of women and children huddled in cellars in terror of their lives. The shells tore holes in the Church of St. Sebastian as people knelt in prayer. Many private homes were wrecked during the bombardment, with roofs and walls blown into fragments. Whole streets were turned into shambles. A Valencia report gave the casualties as 19 killed, including women and children, and 55 wounded. As night came the town lay in utter darkness due to destruction of the electricity supply: and water and telephone services were out of commission. There appeared to be no definite objective to the bombing except destruction of the town itself. Coast batteries replied with about 70 shots and hit one of the attacking destroyers. 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 006

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

tw_scp_000006
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War