The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-o Box: The Execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenburg
New York: Microcosm Publishing, 2010. 18-panel poster/zine, unfolds to 27x21 inches, glossy alkaline paper composed of cut and paste b&w photos and text decorated with red and blue spot-color; a fine unblemished copy.
On the Red Scare. In title: Zine suggests that Rosenberg's documents were not (allegedly) smuggled within Jello boxes; the boxes (allegedly) served as coded communication devices between spies to identify one another. Does the zine get it wrong? To which the zine makes a number of references.
Cat.No: 167540
ISBN: 9781934620199
Price: $12.00
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1950S,
Capital punishment, execution, death sentence,
Espionage, Spy, spies,
Food,
Labor - American,
Rosenberg Case,
zines
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