Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 7. Trouble on the Docks

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GLC#
GLC09627.07-View header record
Type
Objects
Date
1951
Author/Creator
Bowman Gum Company
Title
Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 7. Trouble on the Docks
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "7. Trouble on the Docks" depicting an arm-to-arm combat between French protesters and with Indochine officers at a dock. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative that describes communists attempting to stop an arms delivery to France as troublesome. The text highlights that the "free world depends a lot on the shipment of supplies." It also mentions that American ports would never allow violent means to stop it.

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