1938
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Arriba España (Spanish poster, ca. 1938)
Text: ‘Spain, One, Great and Free. Spain, Arise!’ Visible graffiti includes: UGT (General Union of Workers), UHP (a Republican slogan, ‘Unios de Hermanos Proletarios’), CNT (National Confederation of Labor), FAI (Iberian Anarchist Federation) and ‘Viva Russia!’. Year: Undated, circa 1938. Publisher: Press and Propaganda, Mural Section. Artist: NA. Additional information: NA.
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Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring. Year: 1938. Publisher: Ken. Artist: Derso & Kelen. Additional information: The illustration depicts Spain personified as a bull, symbolizing the nation, being slain by weapons representing various factions of the Spanish Civil War. The bull is impaled with a sickle, a swastika-handled sword, a star-and-crescent sword, a…
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Who goes there? (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Who goes there? Year: 1938. Publisher: World Peaceways. Artist: Herbert Morton Stoops. Additional information: The illustration depicts a sentry visited by the ghosts of soldiers killed during the First World War. It was published as an advertisement in Ken magazine, urging readers to support ‘World Peaceways’, an anti-war organization. Ken magazine, a short-lived publication…
