Spanish Civil War Postcard 034

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of two cartoon soldiers carrying dead and wounded people on horses. Another injured man watches the soldiers. A few children stand in the street. A group of soldiers put out smoke and shovel rubble. In the background, there is a large building with orange and white smoke.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "140 Rebels Clean Up Teruel After Recapture When Rebel soldiers marched into the city of Teruel on February 22, 1938, their voices raised in song told that the battle was ended. The surrender of the Loyalists, beginning on the preceding night, checked the bloody street fighting. Pack mules of the Insurgent sanitary corps plodded through the streets, laden with bodies of the dead and some wounded. Busy groups of soldiers tore down crumbled walls and swept away the debris. Children, separated from their parents, wandered dazedly about the littered streets and rejoiced when they saw the food trucks. A diet of mule meat had been their only fare during the fight. Old people gave thanks that the terrible bloodshed was over. A tired old man, who had returned to Teruel to find his wife dead, and had remained throughout the siege, expressed his determination to stay on. Except for a clean-up of snipers, which Rebels suspected of hiding in caves, the fight was over. 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 034

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_000034
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War