Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 35. Visit by Red Police
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09627.35 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, "35. Visit by Red Police" depicting a scene of policemen searching a family's home. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative describes a scenario by which a Russian family is arrested for listening to a radio station known as "Voice of America." Text implies who the culpable party is and surmises that spies from the "Red leaders" may be likely perpetrators.
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