Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade Against Communism Trading Cards; 23. Ghost City
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09706 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card ; 6 x 8 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s):
One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "23. Ghost City" illustrating a looming Grim Reaper figure amidst a destructed metropolis. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative regarding the after effects of an atomic attack on a "great American city." The text alludes that Communists rely on fear as a tactic to dismantle the strength of America, but that the United Nations is fully prepared for any attack.
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