Spanish Civil War Postcard 117

Item

Front of postcard (recto). Image of a large cartoon crowd standing in front of a large building. There are three flags being held up by crowd members and two flags attached to the building. On the building, there are crowds on each balcony looking outward.
Back of postcard (verso). Image of a page with text. Full text includes "Proclamación de la República Número 22 - Colección compuesta de 30 dibujos A la ciudad guipuzcoana de Eibar le cabe el honor de haber sido la primera población de España en la que se proclamó la República, ya que lo efectuó a las seis y media de la mañana del día 14 de Abril. En efecto, a esta hora matinal se congregó frente al Ayuntamiento una muchedumbre llena de entusiasmo, con banderas tricolores, y procedió a izar en los balcones de las Casas Consistoriales el emblema de la República naciente, tomando posesión del Ayuntamiento los concejales electos en las elecciones del día 12."

Title

Spanish Civil War Postcard 117

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_000117
ALBA.242

Item sets

Spanish Civil War