Bowman Gum Company (fl. 1951) Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 40. Frontier Patrol

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GLC#
GLC09627.40.02-View header record
Type
Objects
Date
1951
Author/Creator
Bowman Gum Company (fl. 1951)
Title
Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 40. Frontier Patrol
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 collecting card ; 6 x 8 cm.
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "40. Frontier Patrol" depicting Norwegian soldiers on skis along a border. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative describing the Atlantic Pact as an agreement by which "free nations" provide aid against attacks by enemy nations. Text gives an instance of Norway, a country on the border of Russia, as a peaceful nation that will engage in war if necessary.

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