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“Pin-up girls at Naval Air Station Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right- Jeanne McIver, Harriet Berry, Muriel Alberti, Nancy Grant, Maleina Bagley, and Matti Ethridge.” April 10th, 1944 (x)

“Pin-up girls at Naval Air Station Seattle, Spring Formal Dance. Left to right- Jeanne McIver, Harriet Berry, Muriel Alberti, Nancy Grant, Maleina Bagley, and Matti Ethridge.” April 10th, 1944 (x)

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The Louvre is evacuated before German invasion in 1939, its works returning in 1945

sinuses: A sailor and his date enjoying a day in Central Park while he is on shore leave, 1943.

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A sailor and his date enjoying a day in Central Park while he is on shore leave, 1943.

Maria Montez (in the hat) guest hosts the Miss Victory Beauty Contest held at the Victory House in Los Angeles, 1942

updownsmilefrown: A loved one is swept off her feet by a returning GI in the aptly named town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1945.

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A loved one is swept off her feet by a returning GI in the aptly named town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1945.

Actress Janet Blair preparing to strip off one of her tight sweaters to add to clothing collection drive of war relief agencies, at home. Hollywood,1945 Photo by Martha Holmes (x)

Actress Janet Blair preparing to strip off one of her tight sweaters to add to clothing collection drive of war relief agencies, at home. Hollywood,1945 Photo by Martha Holmes (x)

Tattooed sailor aboard the USS New Jersey (BB 62), photo by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, December 1944 (x)

Tattooed sailor aboard the USS New Jersey (BB 62), photo by Lieutenant Commander Charles Fenno Jacobs, December 1944 (x)

Model showing how to lace a corset w. arrows pointing at spots where laces begin & end now that elastic & zippers have “gone to war” as the WPB’s (War Production Board) jettisoning of amenities is put to consumers. 1942 (x)

Model showing how to lace a corset w. arrows pointing at spots where laces begin & end now that elastic & zippers have “gone to war” as the WPB’s (War Production Board) jettisoning of amenities is put to consumers. 1942 (x)

Model shows off latest wide-mesh black cotton stockings w. extra pair of round garters to help prevent bagging at the knees in, in the newest fashion response by hose manufacturer to the challenge of wartime rayon restrictions.1948  (x)

Model shows off latest wide-mesh black cotton stockings w. extra pair of round garters to help prevent bagging at the knees in, in the newest fashion response by hose manufacturer to the challenge of wartime rayon restrictions.1948 
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A G.I. and his girl, Frankfurt, 1946 

A G.I. and his girl, Frankfurt, 1946 

life: A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort. See more photos here.

life:

A welder at a boat-and-sub-building yard adjusts her goggles before resuming work, October, 1943. By 1945, women comprised well over a third of the civilian labor force (in 1940, it was closer to a quarter) and millions of those jobs were filled in factories: building bombers, manufacturing munitions, welding, drilling and riveting for the war effort.

See more photos here.

Couple at Celebrity Cafe c. 1944. Photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris

Couple at Celebrity Cafe c. 1944. Photographed by Charles “Teenie” Harris

The Sergeant Isn’t Serious” (1944) illustrated by Earl Cordrey

The Sergeant Isn’t Serious” (1944) illustrated by Earl Cordrey

Soldiers say their farewells at Pennsylvania Station New York,1943. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt

Illustration by Alberto Vargas c. 1945

Illustration by Alberto Vargas c. 1945

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