- GLC#
- GLC09627.20-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; 20. "Big Mo" in Action
- 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, "20. 'Big Mo' in Action" illustrating pistons firing from a battle ship. Naval officers aboard depicted covering their ears. Center of image is a large explosion. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative mentioning the battleship "Missouri" from the 7th Fleet noted for carrying "one-ton shells from its nine 16-in guns." Text compliments that the manpower from the battleship was responsibile for keeping communist soldiers at bay.
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