Spanish Civil War Postcard 048

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of cartoon soldiers running across a harbor-like structure that is falling apart in a large body of water. There are soldiers in tipping canoes in the background. In the foreground, four soldiers float in the water. One man reaches for a piece of furniture or wood. In the background, there are mountains.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "183 Loyalists Open Flood Gates to Check Rebels By evening of March 30, 1938, the city of Lerida was virtually deserted by civilians. The Loyalist defenders within its walls had blown up its electric plants and a huge smoke pall lay about it. The same day, they had destroyed a large dam and opened flood-gates in the Cinca River Valley, temporarily washing out Insurgents pontoon bridges thrown up in the advance. The Loyalists also were reported to have brought two International Brigades from Madrid to help check the Rebel drive. But in spite of these desperate measures of the resistance the Rebel advance moved on. They predicted the quick fall of Lerida and moved up truckloads of provisions and equipment in expectation of its occupation. Meanwhile the right wing of the army, 42 miles to the south, menaced Gandesa. This force had already crossed the Algas River, five miles to the west, and was slightly closer to the coast than the army investing Lerida. 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. Print in U.S.A."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 048

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_000048
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War