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title: Industria Obrera Colectivizada de Colchonería (CNT Sindicato Único, Barcelona)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cnt-textil-colchoneria-collectivised-industry-poster-1937/
description: Colour poster of a rolled red-and-white striped mattress above four small symbols, a red cross labelled 'Dolor', a rose labelled 'Felicidad'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Industria Obrera Colectivizada de Colchonería, 1937 Spain poster: Colour poster of a rolled red-and-white striped mattress](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cnt-textil-colchoneria-collectivised-industry-poster-1937.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cnt-textil-colchoneria-collectivised-industry-poster-1937.jpg)

# Industria Obrera Colectivizada de Colchonería (CNT Sindicato Único, Barcelona)

Colour poster of a rolled red-and-white striped mattress above four small symbols, a red cross labelled 'Dolor', a rose labelled 'Felicidad', a cross labelled 'Asistencia social' and a red grenade labelled 'Guerra', with the headline 'Industria obrera colectivizada de colchonería' and the CNT-AIT union credit at the top. The tell: an ordinary product is tied to pain, happiness, welfare and war, so buying from the collectivised workshops is made to look like taking part in the cause.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SINDICATO UNICO DE LA INDUSTRIA FABRIL, TEXTIL, VESTIR Y ANEXOS DE BARCELONA
CNT-AIT
DOLOR
FELICIDAD
ASISTENCIA SOCIAL
GUERRA
INDUSTRIA OBRERA COLECTIVIZADA DE COLCHONERIA
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Single Union of the Factory, Textile, Clothing and Allied Industries of Barcelona; CNT-AIT; Pain; Happiness; Social assistance; War; Collectivised workers' mattress industry
```

Printed in capitals without accents, transcribed as printed. Translation by Claude, not checked by a fluent reader.

[← Hitlerjugend, Appell zur Maifeier (Worms)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hj-appell-zur-maifeier-worms-1937/) [La Vanguardia, picture page (Barcelona, 26 May 1937): "La bárbara destrucción de Guernica" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-vanguardia-guernica-destruccion-1937/)

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