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WWII LIFE Magazine May 25, 1942 Spring Planting Bruce Large, Selling War Bonds

$ 13.18

Availability: 90 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Items may have normal some wear and minor staining, due to the age of the item. Item is intact.
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)

    Description

    WWII LIFE Magazine May 25, 1942 Spring Planting Bruce Large, Selling War Bonds
    Description
    Life Magazine Cover
    : Spring planting, Bruce Large on tractor in Barnes County, North Dakota.
    Adult men are away at war, youth, elderly and women pick up the slack on the farm.
    Norman Bel Geddes’ models re-enact Naval battle.
    Extremely cute photo – Actress Rita Hayworth stitches the britches of Private Luther Eklund.
    Armed forces throughout the US celebrate Mother’s day.
    Nice full page Jantzen swim suit ad “…direct hit every time.”
    Coast guard tracks down subs off Eastern coast.
    Davenport, Iowa, shows US how to sell war bonds.
    English school girl Pamela Eades reports on Dover bombings.
    American Military tradition.
    Photo essay – spring planting.
    Tom Lea paints North Atlantic patrol.
    Army Trainasium at Fort Knox exercises 60 men at once.
    Cartoons show air cadets’ mistakes (plane crash reasons).
    Life goes on a bicycle weekend – Shippen school girls and Franklin & Marshall college boys pedal through Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
    Full page color Martin aircraft ad with Martin B-26 bomber.