~ Ministry of Food poster, Great Britain, 1939-1945
Imperial War Museum

~ Stromberg-Carlson ad for War Bonds and radios, 1943
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“The same skill that brought you the magic of FM radio will bring you new miracles of sound…Remember this, when you consider your post-war radio.”

~ Bob Martin’s Fit and Hysteria Powders, July 1940
via Grace’s Guide

~ Gold Seal Salmon, c. 1939-1945
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~ WAC Recruiting, Seventeen Magazine, 1944
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~ The Sunday Morning Star, April 23, 1939
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“Would we be incensed if the soldier was of foreign birth…or belonged to a church other than ours?”

~ Campana Balm, Ladies’ Home Journal, c. 1940-1945
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“John is so hand-conscious! I was almost scared to take a war-job - for fear it would ruin my hands and our romance!”

~ Toronto Star Weekly, October 10, 1942
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~ The Australian Women’s Weekly, June 15, 1940
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~ U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942
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~ The Star Weekly (Toronto) between April 23 - May 12, 1945
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~ “Jenny on the Job”, Workers health poster; United States Public Health Service, 1943
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~ 1942, United States Office of War Information
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~ “Dept. of Agriculture, Extension Service“—Monthly catalog 1941, p. 782
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