Spanish Civil War Postcard 045

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a group of cartoon men in masked uniforms using flamethrowers to attack soldiers. The background is full of dark smoke and flames.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "166 Liquid-Fire-Throwers Burn Way thru Loyalists As the sun went down on April 12, 1938, Rebel fire-throwers opened a flame-belching offensive east of Morella, heaping Loyalist barricades with charred bodies. Foreign brigades wearing grotesque fire-proof suits manned the nozzles squirting liquid fire, causing heavy losses among the Government troops. (Liquid fire is a highly inflammable oil, ignited from a blow pipe. Gas is used to eject the oil which then bursts into flame. It is believed that the asbestos suits used were the same type garments as were recently provided for fire-fighters on German liners, elaborately equipped with oxygen apparatus.) The fire was used when the Loyalists refused to give themselves up after repeated tank attacks and air bombardments. Many Loyalists at first braved the flames, but, unprotected as they were, quickly fell into a retreat. 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 045

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_000045
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War