An umbrella repairman hammering and repairing a handle in the Basque town of Eibar, behind him are amnesty slogans and communist insignia, Spain
Photograph
An umbrella repairman hammering and repairing a handle in the Basque town of Eibar, behind him are amnesty slogans and communist insignia, Spain
1977
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.8 × 22.8 cm)
Paper: 7 × 9 3/8 in. (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
Gift of Tom Wilson, 2021
Inscriptions printed in blue ink on verso, BR: Spain in a pre-election mood. Madrid welcomes Army. stamped in black ink on verso, TL: © Leonard FREED / MAGNUM [upside-down]; stamped in black ink on verso, TR: VINTAGE PRINT [upside-down]; inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: 1977 [underlined] Spain. [upside-down]; stamped in red ink on verso, TL: Nur leihweise. \ Nach Reproduction solort zurück \ an Iaendero ess \ Hanne Friedrich-Englaender \ 4 Düsseldorf 30 \ Friedrich-Lau-Strasse 26 [upside-down]; stamped in blue ink on verso, TC: photo.17. (24-3/4a) an umbrella repairman hammering and repairing a \ handle in the Basque town of Eibar, behind him are amnesty \ slogans and communist insignias. [upside-down]; stamped in blue ink on verso, C: Spain in a pre-election mood. Madrid welcomes Army. 77-45 [underlined] \ Recent polls in Spain show that an 85% turnout is to be expected for the next \ elections on June 15th whereby the nation will elect for the first time in 41 \ years a Parliament. Throughout the country numerous rallies are being held, \ and polls show that the center coalition headed by Premier Adolfo Suarez has \ slightly overtaken the Socialist party lead, with the rightist Popular Alliance \ and the Communists sharing third place. In Madrid 12,000 soldiers and police \ paraded before King Juan Carlos to celebrate Armed Forces Day, during which \ Crown Prince Felipe (9) was elected a soldier of Spain's oldest regiment \ (King's Immemorial Infantry Regiment No.1 founded in 1248). \ Photos by Leonard Freed/MAGNUM [upside-down]
