Spanish Civil War Postcard 024

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a line of cartoon people traveling away from a city on foot and by donkey. In the background, the city is under attack from missiles dropped by planes overhead. A plane in the foreground drops pieces of paper onto the line of people below it.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "116 "Surrender or Perish" As Rebel planes carried on their terroristic bombing of Barcelona for the third consecutive day, on March 18, 1938, they accompanied their deadly missiles with demands for immediate surrender. One plane showered the city with leaflets which read: "Surrender or perish!" Terrified citizens hurried to the mountains which close Barcelona in on the sea. Trusty mules helped the aged and families to get away. Some of the women carried small babies, with expressions of bewilderment on their small faces. Back in the city heavy bombs were crashing through the roofs of buildings and biting their way through the floors to explode in the cellars, wrecking the buildings. Some of the bombers flew so high that their presence was not known until their bombs dropped. Sometimes they came in group formation from one direction, but at other times they flew over from the opposite sides of the city. To know the horrors of war is to want peace. This is one of 240 True Stories of Modern Warfare. Save to get them all and compete for 1000 Cash Prizes. Ask your dealer. Copyright 1938, GUM, INC., Phila., Pa. Printed in U.S.A."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 024

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_000024
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War