Series A: Miscellaneous, August 1937-May 1938
Scope and Content Note
Series IIA: Miscellaneous, August 1937 - May 1938. The 148 images in this series are among the earliest in the collection. Pictured here are scenes from the battles of Quinto and Belchite. Photographs of the aftermath of aerial bombardment offer evidence of damaged factories, homes and churches. Also documented are artillery units and battalions on the move, and troops under fire at Fuentes de Ebro, and soldiers dug into trenches at the Teruel front.
Photo Unit #: A001 American engineers repair road to Quinto which was cut off by Fascists, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A003 Fascist machine-gun fortification covering the road into Quinto, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A005 Tanks going into action, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A006 Headless corpse, Fascist, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A007 Stick bombs captured at Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A008 Tanks moving up road before actions, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A009 Fascist field piece smashed at Belchite, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A010 Demolished church building, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A011 Demolished church building, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A017 Tanks going into action, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A018 Fascist mauser rifles captured at Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A019 Fascist front lines, Purburell Hill, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A020 Fascist front lines, Purburell Hill, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A021 Fascist blockhouse or dugout (Purburell Hill), Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A022 Fortified hill (Purburell) from which 15th International Brigade took 800 prisoners and a White Guard officer. Peter Daly killed here, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A024 Purburell Hill (fortified Fascist positions), view from Republican lines looking along Zaragoza Road towards [?], Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A025 Purburell Hill (fortified Fascist positions), view from Republican lines looking along Zaragoza Road towards [?], Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A026 Internationals and Republican tank after action, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A027 Purburell Hill, Fascist fortifications, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A028 Fascist fortification and machine-gun nest, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A030 Purburell Hill (Fascist fortifications), Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A031 Purburell Hill (Fascist fortifications), Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A032 Fascist officers refugio, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A034 Purburell, Fascist officers quarters, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A035 Puburell fortifications (Fascist), Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A037 Purburell, Fascist officer corpse and captured mortars, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A038 Lincoln-Washington Battalion Machine-Gunner Company resting after Pina, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A040 After Lincoln-Washington Battalion mopped up barricade. Calle looking toward Calle Mayor towards Plaza San Agustin to Lincoln Church, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A041 Fascist comandancia (Old Plaza de la Republica), Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A048 Observation post and captured Fascist fortification, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A049 Factory on outskirts of Belchite occupied first by Dimitroff then used by Lincoln-Washington Battalion as jumping off position to attack Church of San Agustín, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A050 Calle Joachim Coasta looking south from Plaza de la Republica (Plaza de Franco) road to Azoila, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A051 House wrecked by Republican artillery and Fascist airplanes, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A054 View looking down Calle Mayor from Goya Gate toward Fascist comandancia militar and Plaza de la Republica, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A055 Falangist barracks, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A060 Republican batteries outside Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A062 15th Brigade anti-tank gun position on hill behind town firing into back of Fascist Commandancia Militar [Military Command], Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A063 Tank moving down Zaragoza-Belchite Road toward town. Sign on Left. Road to Codo. On right LV road to town, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A064 Approach road to Belchite, to church and Fabrica. Taken in direction of Lincoln-Washington attack from Battalion's first position, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A065 American Artillery unit at front, Aragon offensive (Belchite), 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A066 Fascist prisoners being taken to Division near Brigade Estado Mayor [Headquarters], 3 km outside Belchite on the Zaragoza Road, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A068 Republic artillery before Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A069 A battery, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A070 British anti-tank battery in action at Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A072 Thane Summers of MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion on manuevers, Tarazona Front, 1938-08
Photo Unit #: A073 Saul Wellman, Robert Thomson, David Doran, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A074 African-American Machine-Gunner in Lincoln-Washington trenches, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A077 Fortified "Stations of the Cross," Codo, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A079 Fortified "Stations of the Cross," Codo, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A082 Fortified "Stations of the Cross," Codo, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A083 Fortified "Stations of the Cross," Codo, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A085 Moving anti-tank gun into firing position, Ambite, 1937-11
Photo Unit #: A088 Staff during action at Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A089 At front, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A092 Fascist air bombardment, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A095 With English Battalion in trenches at Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/184/10)
Photo Unit #: A096 English Battalion in trenches at Fuentes de Ebro, [six soldiers], 1937-10
General note
Available Formats:
(Moscow Number: 5/184/2)
Photo Unit #: A097 Observers Jack Freeman and Peter Ambrosiac [?], Lincoln-Washington, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A098 Lincoln-Washington Battalion observers in trenches, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/185/38)
Photo Unit #: A099 In Lincoln-Washington trenches, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A100 In Lincoln-Washington trenches, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/185/39)
Photo Unit #: A105 Roy (Red) Mouton, MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion observer, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A107 Estado Mayor [Headquarters] at front, Fuentes de Ebro [with tents and car], 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A108 Replacements arriving at Quinto being addressed by David Doran [not visible], 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/189/24)
Photo Unit #: A110 David Doran addressing troops at Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/181/8)
Photo Unit #: A111 David Doran addressing troops, replacements for Brigade at Quinto during action at Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/181/4)
Photo Unit #: A114 Airplane bombardment, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A115 Airplane bombardment, Fuentes de Ebro, 1937-10
Photo Unit #: A117 Fascist corpse, Quinto, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A120 Spanish machine-gun nest of British Battalion on maneuvers, Mondejar, [four soldiers], undated
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/184/9)
Photo Unit #: A124 Three companies marching in from maneuvers, British Battalion, Mondejar [print], 1937-12
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A124 Three companies marching in from maneuvers, British Battalion, Mondejar [copy negative], 1937-12
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A139 Engineers at work, Argente [print], 1938-01
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A139 Engineers at work, Argente [copy negative]
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A142 Engineers at work, Argente [in a trench], 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A143 Three soldiers on lookout [one African-American], 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A144 15th International Brigade, Spaniards at Teruel sector, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A149 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion sappers or observers [?], Argente, 1938-01
General note
Available Formats: Copy NegativePrint
Photo Unit #: A160 English Battalion marching to the front, Fuerte Caliente, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A161 Engineer Battalion food truck, Rillo [with men gathered around it], 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A164 British Battalion, machine-gun nest, Rillo, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A174 Camp Kitchen [2 men with pots]
Photo Unit #: A176 Observers at front near Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A179 [soldiers in trench with rifles]
Photo Unit #: A184 A tank and Abe Lewis near Teruel [copy negative], 1938-01
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A197 Lieutenant [William] Digges and Dave Doran and armored car, Teruel [copy negative], 1938-01
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A200 [view of the city with damage], Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A203 Bridge, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A204 Damaged building, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A212 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion Machine-Gunner Company headquarters [in cave]; Makela, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A214 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, Teruel [3 men with cooking pot], 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A215 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A217 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A218 Pablo Carbonell, killed in action, MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A220 Bombardment, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A222 Small farm building, explosions in the distance
Photo Unit #: A224 Estado Mayor "central" [Headquarters], Transmiciones [Transmissions], Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A225 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A228 Estado Mayor [Headquarters], Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A230 MacKenzie-Papineau, [3 men in] trench, Teruel, 1938-01
General note
Available Formats: Print
(Moscow Number: 5/187/28)
Photo Unit #: A241 MacKenzie-Papineau, [2 men in] trenches, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/28)
Photo Unit #: A242 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Seguro de Los Baños [torn and damaged print], 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A243 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/11)
Photo Unit #: A245 First aid in MacKenzie-Papineau trench, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/10)
Photo Unit #: A246 Mackenzie-Papineau [soldier] in trench with sighting device
Photo Unit #: A249 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A250 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/18)
Photo Unit #: A251 Two Mackenzie-Papineau soldiers in trench
Photo Unit #: A254 Mackenzie-Papineau soldiers in trench fortification
Photo Unit #: A255 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A256 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A258 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, [working on a machine gun], 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/180/54)
Photo Unit #: A259 MacKenzie-Papineau position, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/5)
Photo Unit #: A262 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion after Seguro de Los Baños, [two soldiers with a machine gun], 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/26)
Photo Unit #: A267 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A268 MacKenzie-Papineau soldier in trench firing rifle
Photo Unit #: A269 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños [2 men in trench], 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A270 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/37)
Photo Unit #: A271 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/37)
Photo Unit #: A274 View from MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Seguro de Los Baños, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A279 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A280 MacKenzie-Papineau positions, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A281 American Artillery unit emplacement, Teruel front, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A283 American Artillery unit emplacement, Teruel front, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A284 American Artillery unit emplacement, Teruel front, 1938-02
Photo Unit #: A286 American Artillery unit emplacement, Teruel front [copy negative], 1938-01
Custodial History
Transferred from the Victor Berch Papers, ALBA 080.
Photo Unit #: A289 British Battalion on maneuvers, Mondejar, 1937-12
Photo Unit #: A290 Fascist posters on the square, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A291 Street scene, Belchite, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A292 Street scene, Belchite, 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A294 MacKenzie-Papineau group poses for the camera
Photo Unit #: A295 MacKenzie-Papineau Transmiciones [Transmissions]: William (Red) Brown and [?], Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A296 Lincoln-Washington front lines, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A300 British Battalion Machine-Gunner nest, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A301 British Battalion, Company crew machine-gun nest, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A306 Transmiciones [Transmissions] repairing Estado Mayor [Headquarters] telephone, Valeverde, 1938-03
Photo Unit #: A313 Group at Estado Mayor [Headquarters], Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A316 Engineers working on dugouts (Hiyar), 1938-03
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/180/66)
Photo Unit #: A317 Observers, Aragon Retreat, Marcelina Marot and Harvey Hall, Lebux, 1938-03
Photo Unit #: A318 Engineers building refugios, Lebux, 1938-03
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/18)
Photo Unit #: A320 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches [?], Seguro de Los Baños [view over fields to factories in distance], undated
General note
Available Formats: Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/18)
Photo Unit #: A321 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Teruel, 1938-01
Photo Unit #: A323 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Ebro Front, undated
Photo Unit #: A324 MacKenzie-Papineau trenches, Ebro Front, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A326 15th International Brigade troops marching, Mollerusa, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A328 Dr. Mark Straus, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A330 Panorama, Codo [with church and houses], 1937-08
Photo Unit #: A332 Our artillery firing at Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A335 Five soldiers loading artillery, Belchite[?]
Photo Unit #: A337 During the battle, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A338 During the battle, Belchite, 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A339 Church during the battle, Belchite [with carts in foreground], 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A340 Church in Belchite [ruined interior], 1937-09
Photo Unit #: A342 Machine-Gunner crew, British Battalion, Tarraga, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A343 Machine-Gunner crew, British Battalion, Tarraga [in tall grass], 1938-05
General note
Available Formats: Print; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/34)
Photo Unit #: A344 MacKenzie-Papineau Transmiciones [Transmissions], Tarraga, 1938-05
General note
Available Formats: Original Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/34)
Photo Unit #: A346 Troops of 15th International Brigade on march, Tarraga, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A348 15th International Brigade troops on march, Tarraga, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A350 Aviation, Tarraga, 1938-05
Photo Unit #: A352 MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, Transmiciones [Signal Corps], heliographer, undated
General note
Available Formats: Copy Negative; Moscow negative
(Moscow Number: 5/187/44)