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Discussion in 'WWII Books & Publications' started by OpanaPointer, Aug 25, 2017.

  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    OpanaPointer, Aug 25, 2017
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    KJ Jr, Half Track and TD-Tommy776 like this.
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    Real sense of the 'Arsenal Of Democracy' waking up in that issue.

    Sooo many ads too. Which are now as interesting as the contents.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I did a paper on commercial firms piggy-backing the war effort in their ads.
     
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    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    Interesting, to say the least, Larry. I wish magazines like Life and Look still existed.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I once proposed that they republish Time magazine for WWII, one month being one volume. They didn't listen.

    You'd think with "print on demand" we could buy old issues of these interesting historical documents. It would be fun to read the Saturday Evening Post's editorials about how FDR is lying to America about the threat from the Axis.
     
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    belasar Court Jester

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    That nefarious Fake News!
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    C'est la vie.
     
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    Thanks for sharing, Opana. Very cool.
     
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  9. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Archives.org has tons of period stuff, I'm currently looting the Galaxy magazine (Scifi) archives.
     
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    Mussolini Gaming Guru WW2|ORG Editor

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    I love looking at stuff like that - more for the ads than anything. Despite all the years in between, a lot of the same 'stuff' is being advertised. Also seeing which companies are still around and which are defunct.

    Could you imagine a magazine or print today printing something like the 'How to tell a Jap from the Chinese' article? talk about racist! lol
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    I enjoyed it all very much, thanks!
     
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