Spanish Civil War Postcards
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Abstract
This collection is comprised of two different, but related groups of postcards and trading cards about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The use of visual propaganda to garner support was an instrumental and influential strategy employed by both factions.
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This collection has not been arranged by an archivist.
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two different, but related groups of postcards and trading cards about the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Both factions used visual propaganda in the forms of posters, postcards, and trading cards to garner support. This Spanish Civil War ephemera demonstrates the sways in which commercial marketing strategies were used to mobilize people to action.
More than 400 postcards (both black and white and color; with both graphic and photographic images) dating from or related to the Spanish Civil War arranged in three binders. In addition to the main collection of original postcards there is a small box of reproduction cards.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives are not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Collection of Spanish Civil War Postcards; ALBA 242; box number; folder number or item identifier; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
There is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials. The accession numbers associated with these items are 2001.005 and 2019.016.
Separated Materials
A series of trading cards entitled Children's Crusade Against Communism, were separated and described as a separate collection.
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Processing Information
Decisions regarding arrangement, description, and physical interventions for this collection prior to 2019 have not yet been recorded. In 2019, the accretion materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes.
