Spanish Civil War Postcard 047

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a group of cartoon soldiers moving through a smoke-filled field. There are planes flying overhead. In the background, there are a few explosions and soldiers.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "182 Franco Advances in Smoke Screen On March 24, 1938, the Spanish Insurgent Army used smoke screens for the first time to conceal its advance and struck out for the Mediterranean on a new course into Catalonia. Two towns belonging to the Government surrendered in this advance, on the first day, which brought one Rebel column well along in a drive to dominate the Huesca-Zaragoza highway. Shifting their attacks to the north bank of the Ebro River, after a two-weeks' clean-up campaign on the south, the Rebels fixed Lerida as their first important objective. (Lerida was a key city for any drive to carry the Rebels into the northeastern corner of Spain. The Insurgents at this date had already conquered Northern and Western Spain, Northeastern Catalonia, and a central portion south of Madrid; the southeastern sector about Valencia remained in Government hands.) 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 047

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_000047
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War