Homefront
WWII,Women in Wartime,Civilian Defense,Women's Colleges,Women's Defense Work
Garden City, Long Island: Adelphi College, c.1942. A WWII-era booklet promoting Adelphi College's commitment to training women in civilian defense, homefront, and wartime professions. Comprised of a detailed history of Adelphi's involvement in civilian defense education, it also features a host of in-text photographs of women engaging in or learning.....
Price: $250.00
Homefront,WWII,American Women's Voluntary Services,Civilian Defense,Chemical Warfare
New York, New York: American Women's Voluntary Services, 1942. An early 1940s printed guide to air raid precautions for American housewives, published by the American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS). The content of this booklet includes: simple fire precautions; protection of home against bombs; specific information about each kind of bomb.....
Price: $225.00
WWII,Roosevelt,Civic Education,Homefront,Patriotism and Propaganda
Washington, D.C. Civic Education Service, 1942. Four issues of the American Observer published in May 1942, offering invaluable insight into efforts by civic education organizations to educate the general American public about goings on in the war. This particular paper was published weekly by the Civic Education Service, with these.....
Price: $175.00
WWII, V-J Day, San Francisco, food rationing
California: 1945. The content is politically oriented and tongue-in-cheek. The letters were addressed to Miss Eleanor Langlois of Guernewood Park, CA from J. E. Langlois and Oscar Smith, both of San Francisco. J.E. is Eleanor’s father. The letters are dated August 13-20, 1945. August 14, is labeled V-J Day when.....
Price: $325.00
Photography, W.W.I, Home Front, Women's History, Social History, Women's Work
Allentown PA: Wint Studios, 8-Apr-18. Three different 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" photos on larger mounts. The first photo depicts six women seated around a table knitting with a wall size American flag in the background. Each of the women is knitting. The women are identified. The second is the.....
Price: $650.00
WWII,The Working Front,Workplace Safety
New York, New York: TIME, Inc., 1942. A WWII-era work safety bulletin published in July 1942 as a supplement to "Fortune", featuring a striking image on the front cover of a worker's hand dripping in blood after a workplace accident. The bulletin, which features powerful photo illustrations of industrial workers.....
Price: $225.00
WWII Propaganda,Waste on the Home Front,Rubber Gas and Steel Rationing
New York, New York: The National Board of Fire Underwriters. A printed leaflet persuading American families on the home front to avoid fires and practice fire safety as a means of supporting the war. In a time when rubber, steel, and gasoline were rationed, accidental factory or vehicle fires at.....
Price: $225.00
Rationing,WWI,Home Front,Agriculture and War
New York, New York: The Coe-Mortimer Company, c.1916. A brief pamphlet on fertilizers in war time, published during the First World War when raw materials for fertilizers such as nitrates and sulphuric acid had to be diverted from the farm to the battlefield: "Every cannon crash and every bursting bomb.....
Price: $85.00
Homefront,Women in Wartime,Civilian Defense,WWII,War Bonds,Victory Gardens,Librarian as Essential Worker
Washington, D.C. U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, 1941-1943. A set of five (5) printed booklets issued to American families during the Second World War, each focusing on a different aspect of civilian defense and the importance of the homefront in fighting the war. Topics range from first aid and the.....
Price: $500.00
Y.W.C.A.,Women and the First World War
New York, New York: Y.W.C.A. War Work Council, 1918. A grouping of four (4) items relating to the War Work Council of the Y.W.C.A in 1918, which was formed to disseminate important news about the Y.W.C.A.'s work at home and abroad to support the war effort-- specifically, the work done.....
Price: $625.00
Labor in Wartime,WWII,Gender Roles in Wartime
N.pl: Reader Mail, Inc., 1942. A guide to working in defense jobs for Americans in 1942 looking for a way to support the troops abroad through labor at home. Offers an overview of job training and education, different jobs available (ranging from aviation and engineering to factory work and civil.....
Price: $250.00
Postcards, Political Cartoons
United States: 1908. Pre-WWI patriotic postcard with an image of a young woman wearing the stars and stripes alongside the message "Here's to the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun". A charming reminder of the importance of women and the home front. Measures 3.5" by 5.5". Addressed and postmarked.....
Price: $65.00
health & welfare, first aid, Lysol, advertising, propaganda, women's work, nursing, housewife, military history, WWII, homefront, patriotism
Bloomfield, NJ: Lehn & Fink Products Corp. 1941. The Home Defense Course was broken up into three lessons: 1. How to Wage War on Germs, 2. Nursing and Sick Room Care, 3. First Aid. The whole booklet has a patriotic theme, evidence by not only the covers, which have be.....
Price: $175.00
WWII,Advertising to Women,Women's Work,Homefront Patriotism
N.pl: Servel, Inc, 1942. An early 1940's pocket guide to family nutrition and meal planning for American housewives who want to make a difference on the homefront: "You can help make America strong by making your own family strong-- by selecting and serving the foods that will keep them healthy.....
Price: $225.00
Advancement for Women, WWI, Cosmetology
[Chicago, Illinois]: [Marinello Summer School], 1918. May 1918 issue of the Marinello Messenger. The Marinello Summer School was created to educate working women in such subjects as advertising, salesmanship, and skills essential to all cosmetic professions; here, examples include "Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Diseases", "Facial Treatments", "Hair Waving", "Hair Dyeing".....
Price: $250.00
Nursing, Educational Booklets, WWII, Home Front Health
United States: c.1942. A small grouping of ephemera related to nurses in training during World War II. Includes four (4) items, including: 1. Ephemera of Ellen Ely Lane, nurse in training at the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, 1944-1945. Includes: Vol. I No. 1 of the school's Journal "Home.....
Price: $475.00
Homefront,WWII,Public Service,Serials
St. Paul, Minnesota: Public Service Magazine, 1943. A scarce wartime issue of Public Service Magazine, published in December of 1943, with articles on current public service issues including how to best support the war effort from home. Features patriotic imagery of the Statue of Liberty in front of an American.....
Price: $150.00
YMCA,WWI,Morale Boosting,Homefront
United States: YMCA, 1918. A WWI-era promotional booklet for the YMCA, highlighting its "YMCA Hut" program that provided temporary structures for the troops abroad for recreation and rest, and to boost morale. Published just before the end of the war in November, 1918. The booklet features a line-drawn illustration on.....
Price: $125.00
WWII,Advertising to Women,Promotional Literature,Homefront Patriotism,1940s Hollywood
N.pl: The Rexall Drug Store, 1943. A set of three (3) magazines from 1943, advertising The Rexall Drug Store to American women in wartime America. Provides a fascinating look into how companies marketed their products and services to women in wartime. Includes features on cooking with recipes and nutrition tups.....
Price: $150.00
Wartime Publications,WWII,EFTC,Patriotic,Air Force
Montgomery, Alabama: Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command, 1944. Vol. 3, No. 37 of "Training News", a WWII-era serial published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command (EFTC). Includes 12 pp. of content with illustrations, including photos and illustrations. Provides a vivid look into.....
Price: $100.00
WWII, Ink Blotters, War Bonds
New York, New York: Eagle Indemnity Co., 1944. Two (2) WWII-era illustrated ink blotters advertising insurance sold by Eagle Indemnity Co., including one with a promotion featuring "bonus" War Bonds with purchase. Each example contains a cartoon, calendars, and a list of some of the policies offered with coverage. Each.....
Price: $85.00
WWII,Home Economics,Textile Rationing and Conservation in WWII,The American Homemaker
United States: c.1943. Two (2) items documenting textile rationing on the homefront during the Second World War, in which cottons and other fabrics were conserved to support the troops abroad. The first item is a printed wrapper used to wrap around a bed sheet for sale by Pepperdell Manufacturing Company.....
Price: $225.00
Patriotic Gender Roles,WWII,Preventative Home Maintenance,Homefront
Washington, D.C: Office of Price Administration, 1940s. A WWII-era pamphlet issued to housewives, urging them to conserve materials and practice preventative home maintenance to support the war effort: "Today America's homes are priceless, because they are irreplaceable. In every home, in every room there is some critical material that has.....
Price: $250.00
WWII,Cold Fur Storage,Homefront and War Effort,Marketing to Women on the Homefront,Patriotism in Advertising
Louisville, Kentucky: Du Rand's, c.1944. A printed leaflet advertising cold storage for furs, keeping them safe for women during the summer months from "heat, moths, mildew, theft and fire". What makes this leaflet notable is its use of the war effort to market itself; it asks women on the homefront.....
Price: $150.00