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Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 15. Red Battle Wagon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.15 Author/Creator: Bowman Gum Company Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Trading card Date: 1951 Pagination: 1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "15. Red Battle Wagon" depicting a large battle wagon at sea firing off rockets and weapons. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative claiming that Russia is noted to have built a battle wagon boat. Text further notes the extremes that the United States has gone to lessen weapons. The incentive being to match the weapons expansion of Russia's armed forces.

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