Topps Flags of the World 1956
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Topps, best known for its baseball cards in the United States, issued this colorful 80 card set of Flags of the World in 1956. I enjoyed looking at the countries represented from the Middle East. Iran seems to be the best depicted in comparison to the others, particularly Syria in its depiction of a angry Beduin with a sword and Egypt which apparently in 1956 was still building the great pyramids.
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Your cultural (mis)representation studies remind me of the way Native Americans continue to be depicted on state logos and consumer brands in the US, as a Native man said in a documentary on this topic regarding sports mascots, "what part of ouch don't you get?!"
I will be fair to say that many of the non middle eastern countries in the TOPPS series were also "interesting"....