Title:
Horrors of war; Series no. 1-240, Second series no. 241-288
Series no. 1-240
Second series no. 241-288
Series no. 241-288
Creator/Contributor:
Gum, Inc, issuing body
Abstract:
A collection of trading cards produced by Gum Inc. in 1938 in two series. The first series is a collection of 240 cards focusing
on the Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese invasion of China), the Spanish Civil War, and the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (Italian
invasion of Ethiopia). The second series of cards (cards 241-288) focus on the Russian and Japanese border conflicts in Manchuria
(the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War) and the German annexation of the Sudentenland from Czechoslovakia. Three cards
from the second set feature Adolf Hilter as a threat to world peace. These color illustrated cards depict graphic and realistic
scenes of war horrors and were produced by high quality lithographic processes. A textual explanation of each card is on the
reverse side; printed line at end of each card reads: "To know the horrors of war is to want peace."
Controversial from the start, the trading cards were endorsed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to illustrate and explain
to a nation isolated since World War I, the war horrors that were developing in overseas countries. They were also used as
anti-war propaganda and as social education tools by peace organizations.
Date:
1938 (issued)
Subject:
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities -- Pictorial works
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities -- China -- Manchuria -- Pictorial works
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Pictorial works
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Atrocities -- Pictorial works
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Destruction and pillage -- Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Czechoslovakia -- Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Czechoslovakia -- Pictorial works
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Pictorial works
Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Pictorial works
Trading cards -- United States -- Specimens
Lithography -- Specimens
Propaganda -- Specimens -- Pictorial works
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945 -- Atrocités -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945 -- Atrocités -- Chine -- Mandchourie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre italo-éthiopienne, 1935-1936 -- Atrocités -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre italo-éthiopienne, 1935-1936 -- Destruction et pillage -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Atrocités -- Tchécoslovaquie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Destruction et pillage -- Tchécoslovaquie -- Ouvrages illustrés
Guerre -- Aspect moral -- Ouvrages illustrés
Paix -- Aspect moral -- Ouvrages illustrés
Cartes de collection -- États-Unis -- Spécimens
Lithographie -- Spécimens
Propagande -- Spécimens -- Ouvrages illustrés
Atrocities
Destruction and pillage
Lithography
Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects
Propaganda
Trading cards
War -- Moral and ethical aspects
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Atrocities -- Pictorial works
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Destruction and pillage -- Pictorial works
Espagne -- Histoire -- 1936-1939 (Guerre civile) -- Destruction et pillage -- Ouvrages illustrés
China -- Manchuria
Czechoslovakia
Spain
United States
Note:
Title from reverse of card.
On back of cards no. 1-240: "This is one of a series of 240 picture cards."
On backs of cards no. 241-288: "This is one of the second series of 'Horrors of war' picture cards and true stories of today's
warfare."
Type:
art reproduction
History.
Pictorial works.
Specimens.
Collecting cards.
Physical Description:
print
288 cards : color illustrations ; 60 x 80 mm
Language:
English
Origin:
Pennsylvania
Classification:
DS777.533.A78 H67 1938