© Museo Cerralbo


Name of Object:

Postcard: The Strait of Gibraltar in the Future

Name in original language:

Tarjeta postal: El Estrecho de Gibrlatar en el porvenir

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Cerralbo Museum

 About Cerralbo Museum, Madrid

Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Cerralbo

Date of Object:

1902–1922

Inventory Number:

MCFF05741

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper; colour print

Dimensions:

9,3 x 14 cm

Provenance:

Spain

Description:

This curious postcard with a utopian vision of how the Strait of Gibraltar could become in the future was sent to the Marquis of Cerralbo by a friend, Gabriel Vich, but never received a stamp. Although it shows the address of the marquis, maybe it was posted inside an envelope or delivered, finally, on hand. This kind of ephemera was published by the fortnightly publication España en África (Spain in Africa), active in the first decades of the 20th century. The image represented is a beautiful commercial and geopolitical project that would have linked two continents with a 15 km bridge.

Citation of this web page:

Cecilia Casas Desantes "Postcard: The Strait of Gibraltar in the Future" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;101;en;N

Prepared by: Cecilia Casas Desantes
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 101

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