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Industria Obrera Colectivizada de Colchonería, 1937 Spain poster: Colour poster of a rolled red-and-white striped mattress

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

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Date
May 13, 1937
Period
Interwar
Made by
CNT, Sindicato Único de la Industria Fabril, Textil, Vestir y Anexos (Barcelona)

Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
Spain
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
Movement
Regime
Second Spanish Republic
Leader
Francisco Largo Caballero
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Labor, Economy and finance
Event
Spanish Civil War
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 11, 2026
Rights
Commons public-domain tag; URAA status not cleared; hosted on owner decision October 2, 2026
Wikimedia Commons, File:Textil.jpg (author unknown or anonymous per the file page unless stated in the entry notes).

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.

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