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For additional examples of advertisements appearing in LIFE, see:

1942 Advertisements

1943 Advertisements

1944 Advertisements

1945 Advertisements

For some general background on the American homefront during the war, see:

"The American Consumer Homefront During World War II", by Terence Witkowski, Advances In Consumer Research, vol. 25, 1998

http://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/8204/volumes/v25/NA-25

and:

"World War II and the American Homefront, A National Historic Landmarks Theme Study", Marilyn M. Harper, Project Manager & Historian, The National Historic Landmarks Program, U. S. Department of the Interior, October, 2007

https://www.nps.gov/nhl/learn/themes/WWIIHomeFront.pdf

 

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