Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 29. Red Riot in Bogota

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GLC#
GLC09627.29-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; 29. Red Riot in Bogota
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm
PDF Download(s)
PDF copy (image only)
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "29. Red Riot in Bogota" illustrating one man shooting an officer while a group of people push a bus on its side and chaos of citizens running surrounded by fire. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative describing a scene of destruction instigated by "Communists" in Bogota, Colombia on April 1948. Text proposes that communism is present everywhere, seeking "chances to make trouble."

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