254 300
448
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Use it Up—Wear It Out—-Make It Do.
WWI color propaganda poster,
28 x 22 inches.
Washington, D.C. Office of War Information,
Government Printing Office, 1943
[800/1,200]
An unusual poster showing a black woman patching up her husband’s trousers. During the war,
together with rationing, everyone was urged to avoid waste of any kind. Instead of buying a new pair
of pants, this ad suggests you repair them and “wear them out.”
449
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BARTLETT, OBIE.
Twice a
Patriot.
Poster, showing Obie Bartlett,
who lost his arm at Pearl Harbor, working
in a defense plant.
Washington D.C.: U. S. Government
Printing Office, 1943
[1,500/2,500]
An important and touching WWII poster, the
caption reading: “Sometimes I feel my job here
is as important as the one I had to leave.”
450
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FIFTIETH INFANTRY.
Historical and Pictorial Review of
Colored Troops.
Yearbook from Camp
Croft, South Carolina, illustrated. Large
4to, original leatherette, binding quite
worn, but still sound.
PRESENTATION TO
SWEETHEART ON SPECIAL DOUBLE PAGE
FORM FOR THAT PURPOSE
,
PRECEDING
THE TITLE PAGE
.
Np, 1942
[400/600]
448
449