Spanish Civil War Postcard 043

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a cartoon man and woman in a car. The man lifts his top hat. A soldier drives the car. The car moves away from a large building where lines of soldiers stand. A small crowd waves in the background. In the background, there are boats in a body of water.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "163 Loyalist President Leaves Barcelona With Generalissimo Franco's Insurgents tightening their grip on Catalonia, crippling the Government's main source of electric power, and threatening to blast Barcelona from the map, President Manual Azana of the Loyalist Government and his wife were reported to have fled northward from the capital on April 5, 1938. A new "last stand" Government, with Premier Juan Negrin coming out as a sort of dictator, refused to discuss surrender. Government buildings were being turned into virtual fortresses in preparation for the impending onslaught of Franco's forces. The same night, in messages to France and Great Britain, the Spanish Government protested against continuation of their non-intervention policy with its "appalling and dangerous injustice." The notes to these countries appealed for France and Britain to permit the sale of munitions to the Loyalists, while Franco made new plans to spend massed violence against Barcelona. 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 043

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_000043
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War