El mono azul, hoja semanal – Historic Print
![El mono azul, hoja semanal, [Madrid] : Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas, [between 1936 and 1939] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7b/7b163ee07a30-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: El mono azul, hoja semanal, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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El mono azul, hoja semanal
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*El mono azul*, or "The Blue Overall," takes its name from the work clothes of Spain's laborers, and this poster advertises a weekly sheet with that title. It was issued in Madrid by the Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas, the antifascist alliance of writers and artists formed during the Spanish Civil War. The paper, edited by Rafael Alberti and María Teresa León, was aimed at Republican militiamen and factory workers, and its title signaled that the publication spoke to ordinary people rather than to the educated elite. Posters like this one carried the Republic's appeals to the front and the home front, and the subject headings here, newspapers and military personnel, reflect that dual purpose.
| Created / published | [Madrid] : Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas, [between 1936 and 1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, color ; 56 x 40 cm. |
| Genre | War posters Spanish 1930-1940.Offset lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Sp. D41. 1936//Sp. H12. 1936. Forms part of: Spanish Civil War posters at the Library of Congress. |
| Subjects | Newspapers--1930-1940. Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Military personnel. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221306 |
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