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The Three S's: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 5:58am.
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February 1942. "Do you know why sugar must be rationed? Why you can't buy any more refrigerators or pleasure cars? There's plenty of material available on these subjects which can be obtained from the government." View full size. Medium format negative by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information.
'America, The Party's Over'
Submitted by Baron Waste on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 9:43am.
Is there any way to get an enlargement of that document she's holding? It should be legible, but it's maddeningly impossible to read.
Gostosa!
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 6:27pm.
Olha, pena que é de 1942, se fosse de hoje...
Um "coisão", dava um caldão!!
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