JPC 042JPC 042
Collection of 117 cards from the card set Horrors of War, by Gum Inc of Philadelphia in 1938. The complete set consisted of 288 cards and it was devoted to three themes: the Japanese invasion of China, the Spanish Civil War and the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia.This collection consists of the Japanese invasion of China. This is the only card set published that demonstrates US popular culture with respect to the Japanes invasion of China. The propaganda on the reverse of the cards is noteworthy.
All cards are described on back and contain titles such as Twenty Naked Nationalists Charge Foe, Street Fighting Tactics in Shanghai, Japanese Slain in Ambush Near Peiping, Shelling the 'Lost Battalion' at Close Range, The Starving Children of China, Hsia Ching-yuan Saves his Doomed Men, Japanese Airmen Bombard Schools in Canton, Chinese Bombers Raid Japanese Territory, Nanking's Week of Horror, Chinese Women's Battalion on the March, Women Propagandists Urge Chinese Patriotism, 'Little Devil' Learns Jap Military Secrets, Shanghai University Head Slain by Gunmen, Chinese Airmen Score Spectacular Triumph, Lake Dwellers Sell out to Japs, Chinese Bombers Drop Leaflets on Japan, Chiang Kai-shek Commanding His Troops, Japanese General Killed in Ambush, Jap Officers Commit Hara-Kiri, Chinese Use Gas in Counteroffensive, Bombing an American School Building, Girl Scout Carries Flag to Doomed Men, and many more. A rare find
Price: $4000.00
JPC 055
JPC 055
