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World War II Posters
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World War II Posters
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Posters used to promote the war effort among Americans on the home front. Bangor Public Library acquired its collection of war posters through the efforts of L. Felix Ranlett, a World War I veteran and librarian from 1937 to 1962. These posters were digitized through a collaboration with Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine with the support of Eugene and Barbara Daigle.
11 25c Stamps will pay for 1 steel helmet. For protection against shrapnel fragments, every soldier needs a steel helmet with its padded inner-line. 1 25c Stamp will pay for one month's feed for one carrier pigeon. A carrier pigeon eats about a pound of grain a week. His message capsule costs the Army about 12 1/2 c...
Release a fighting Coast Guardsman for combat. Train at the Palm Beach Biltmore. Wear clothes designed by Mainbocher. Apply nearest Coast Guard office.
I’m following the 7-key plan to hold prices down: 1. Buy and hold War Bonds. 2. Pay willingly our share of taxes. 3. Provide adequate life insurance and savings for our future. 4. Reduce our debts as much as possible. 5. Buy only what we need and make what we have last longer. 6. Follow ration rules and price ceilings. 7. Cooperate with our Government's wage stabilization program.
1 Keep temperature at 65° F. during day-lower at night. 2 Don't heat unused rooms. 3 Keep windows closed. 4 Draw window shades at night. 5 Shut off heat when weather permits. 6 Keep heating plant in top condition. 7 Use less hot water. Saving fuel also saves manpower, material, equipment. Conserve coal, oil, gas ...for war.
“Community And War Chest Campaign Opens Next Week … Always an extraordinary event for the two cities, this year's campaign for the Bangor-Brewer Community and War Chest is an effort that exceeds all the previous campaigns. This year we are at war--not alone the perennial war against under-privilege, ill health, poverty, and broken homes against which the Community Chest has always wrestled. Today our Nation–our Allies–are fighting for the maintenance of the life to which we've been accustomed–for our very existence. War makes this year's Community Chest the biggest philanthropic project Bangor and Brewer have ever had…Monday's Community and War Chest campaign will mean a one-time, single solicitation of contributions for 15 of our own organizations and institutions and for six of the relief and welfare organizations directly connected with the welfare of our own fighting men and for the relief and assistance of our Allies. Our Bangor and Brewer beneficiaries of the Community Chest are: For the care of health and children: Bangor Anti-Tuberulosis Association, Bangor District Nursing Association Women's Field Army for Control of Cancer, the Good Samaritan Home. For character building: the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A., Bangor Hebrew Community Center. For the care of families and individual service: Brewer Community Service Council, Catholic Welfare Council, Family Welfare Society, Hebrew Welfare Society, Salvation Army, Travelers Aid Society. The six war relief agencies for which the Community Chest will this year solicit contributions are the United Service Organization (USO), the Navy Relief Society, the British War Relief, the Russian War Relief, the Greek War Relief, and the Polish War Relief.” (Source: Bangor Daily News, October 10, 1942)