“How to Keep a Job” in 1949 — OUR GREATEST GENERATION

Not only for 1949 but just as applicable to us today, this video illustrates simply and instructively how to keep a job and be an invaluable employee.

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That Marvelous “V for Victory”

“V for Victory” was a sturdy symbol, daily before the civilians on Homefront, U.S.A. In many forms and in many ways, it guided Americans through the war.

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When Wrigley’s Went to War

By the time World War II arrived, the famous chewing gum was chewed not only by civilians, but also reached the front lines, being vigorously chewed by soldiers, sailors, even generals, as a stress-reliever. In fact, if Wrigley’s had never “gone to war”, it might not still exist today.

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Storyland: The Poky Little Puppy, Tootle, & Others

While Popeye was telling children to eat their spinach, children’s books of the period, particularly before and during the war, upheld high morals through thinly disguised lessons taught to puppies and trains.