Loose Lips Sink Ships!

From 1943: A Big Bottle Of "We Can Do It!"

Double-click this one to get all of its goodness.

As you know, I find bits of Americana like this quite wonderful.  It was a different world.  Sometimes I feel like I actually belong in *that* America, and that I was born much too late.

From 1943: Ching Chow Wants You To Buy War Bonds

The history of Ching Chow, 

along with a number of his cartoon panels.

The boy in this panel is Tiny Tim, 

with whom Ching Chow's cartoons often appeared.

When Beelzebub Joins America's Fight Against Post-Nasal Drip

"Anahist"...sounds more like "Anti-Christ" to this blogger!
What Byron Caran doesn't tell you is that there were black robes, drippy candles, and pentagrams involved in their miraculous recovery. Things really got wacky when Mom sacrificed The Beaver to their Dark Lord! (And what a mess!)

From 1943: A Wonderful Wartime Poster

Another Special Moment In Our Weeklong Tribute To Vintage VD

"Sailor beware!" She's got critters in her knickers! Whatever "questionable pleasure" you are able to locate in said knickers will make your future progeny cry...and The Baby Jesus will cry, too!

Instead...take a cold shower! Read your Bible! Write a letter to your sweetheart! Dream about Mom's apple pie!

That's getting your rocks off...the AMERICAN way!

From 1945: She's A WOW

From 1942: Apricots Give It That Swell Surprise Flavor!

By all means, double-click for these wonderful wartime recipes.

From 1942: Fighting The Nazis, One Homegrown Tomato At A Time

I joke, but I love stuff like this.

Victory Gardens are also making a comeback.

From 1945: Because "Rubbing Boiled Onions On Your Privates" Is Only Going To Leave You Smelling Like Your Great Aunt Tilly's Apartment Up In Yonkers

1945

1945 Ad For A&P Supermarkets

I don't like to tease or make too much fun when it comes to wonderful World War II era ads.

This one is particularly interesting, in that it was obviously created after victory had been declared in Europe and Japan.  The menfolk were home, wives everywhere returned to "womanly" concerns like grocery shopping, but darned if a man in uniform or two couldn't be spotted shopping with his best girl in the aisles of your local A&P.

Double-click, as always, for the entire charming ad.  And don't ask me what the "HCL" was.  It looks like a 1940s Noid character of some sort.

From June, 1942: Keeping Your Complexion Lovely, "Just For Him"

I won't make wisecracks about this touching ad.

As always, double-click to enlarge.

From 1945: Grow Vitamins At Your Kitchen Door

Not only were these a splendid way to supplement American families' diets during a time of rationing, it was also a great way to get those who remained back in the States involved in the war effort.

Victory Garden Handbook from 1943

A neat film about Victory Gardens from WWII

Victory Gardens Today (even the Obamas are doing it!)