Spanish Civil War Postcard 016

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a cartoon ship launching torpedos at another ship in a large body of water. The ship being fired at releases a cloud of dark smoke. In the background, there is a third ship. In the foreground, two men stand on the edge of the boat, next to the torpedos. One man uses binoculars to watch the fired torpedo.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text and a labeled illustration. In between the text, there is an illustration of a torpedo with labels "Explosive", "Compressed air here gives driving power.", "Fuel Bottle", "Generator", "Hydro Valve", "Engine", and "Gyroscope". Full text includes "94 Torpedoing the Rebel Cruiser Baleares In the early morning of March 6, 1938, a chance encounter between the Spanish Government Warship Lepanto and the Cruiser Baleares, belonging to the Rebels, resulted in the sinking of the Baleares and the loss of 600 of her crew! Struck amidships by a torpedo, the Rebel ship exploded and headed for Davy Jones' Locker! The picture shows the deadly torpedo starting on its course, propelled by a special compressed air system. Compressed air, fuel and water are fed into a generator. The air supports the combustion of fuel, and the water is turned into steam. The steam plus the products of combustion cause the engine to drive the "tin fish" at high speed. A gyroscope gives it balance. Torpedos will travel for three miles or more, at over forty miles an hour. Cost, about $15,000 each. Explosive Compressed air here gives driving power. Fuel Bottle Generator Hydro Valve Engine Gyroscope To know the horrors of war is to want peace This is one of a series of 240 True Stories of Modern Warfare. Save to get them all. Copyright 1938, GUM, INC., Phila., Pa."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 016

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_000016
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War