The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII DEAR MR VETEREN
Pages from "Dear Mr. Veteran," the Office of Price Administration booklet of February 1946, explain price ceilings, used car sales, and the postwar housing shortage through plain text and pointed editorial cartoons. Alongside a 28th Infantry Division song sheet and a 1942 home-front service guide, they capture how returning servicemen were prepared for peacetime life.
"Dear Mr. Veteran:" -- WWII Demobilization Guide Booklet Cover
"While You've Been Away..." -- Price Control Explanation Spread with Diner Cartoon, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
"Go-Carts to Guns, and Back Again" -- Wartime Economy and Price Control Text Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
"Do You Need a Car?" -- OPA Price Control Text and Used Car Lot Satirical Cartoon, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
Used Car Ceiling Categories and Postwar Housing Shortage Text Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
Rent Ceilings and Going Into Business Text Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
"Inflation" Balloon and Anchored Veteran-Consumer -- Closing Editorial Cartoon Spread, WWII Veteran Guide Booklet
Closing Statement and Back Cover, "Dear Mr. Veteran:" OPA Booklet (INF-B2128, Feb. 1946)
"Souvenir Copy" -- 28th Infantry Division Official Song Sheet Cover
"Roll On, 28th" — Regimental Song of the 28th Infantry Division
Novelty Water-Slide Decal -- Native American Chief and Bear Design with Numbered Pennant ("5")
Reverse Side with Manufacturer Stamp and Application Instructions -- Potter Mfg. Co. Water-Slide Decal
WWII Home-Front Civil Defense and Military Insignia Identification Pamphlet, 'Remember Pearl Harbor' Vest Pocket Service Guide (Owl Drug Co., 1942)
