Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 37. Concentration Camp

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GLC#
GLC09627.37-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; 37. Concentration Camp
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, "37. Concentration Camp" soldiers violently abusing a prisoner. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative describes concentration camps in the Soviet Union, lists the living conditions of a camp. Text mentions that "Ambition is dangerous under red rule," lists a farmer or kulak wanting his own farm, or factory worker desiring higher wages as ambitious.

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