Spanish Civil War Postcard 035

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a cartoon city street with a crowd of people pushing into a "Metro" entrance. In the foreground, a woman crawls from her wheelchair to the entrance. In the background, there is an ambulance, smoking buildings, explosions, and three planes overhead. Full text includes "Metro".
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "141 Populace Streams Underground to Avoid Bombs Continuous bombings by Rebel planes made the population of Barcelona jittery as evening approached on March 17, 1938. The bombs had penetrated seven-story apartment buildings, in some cases going through every floor, so that the basements afforded no protection. For this reason subway stations and tunnels became crowded to the utmost as the populace streamed underground in terror. Many people took bed coverings and a few scanty necessities. A crippled woman who sold lottery tickets in front of the United Press Offices left her wheel chair, although no one had ever seen her walk in 10 years! She crawled fearfully toward the subway and was picked up by an ambulance. Her lottery tickets were scattered over the street. Thus, in a fatalistic way, the people of Barcelona adjusted themselves to the raids, while the streets echoed to the shrill sirens of ambulances and trucks pressed into service. 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 035

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_000035
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War