World War Two
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Lucky Strike GREEN has gone to war! (American advertisement)
Text: Lucky Strike GREEN has gone to war! Year: 1942. Publisher: Lucky Strike cigarettes. Artist: NA. Additional Information: From a 1942 campaign launched after the company changed the packaging colour from green to white (the gist obviously being that the green previously used in the cigarette packaging is now being used for military equipment). Designer…
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Franco of Iberia (American magazine, 1943)
Text: Franco of Iberia – An advance against him is an advance against Hitler. Date: 18 October, 1943. Publication: Time magazine. Artist: Ernest Hamlin Baker. Additional Information: The accompanying article relays Franco’s alleged anxieties over the prospect of Allied invasion.
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American United Nations poster, 1943
Title: NA. Year: 1943. Artist: Frank Robbins. Publisher: Office of War Information (OWI). Additional Information: Shows American, Soviet, British and Chinese soldiers marching forward with soldiers of the United Nations behind. Seems to have been commissioned by the Office of War Information, though never actually issued.
