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1942 Free History Poster Makes An Ideal Birthday or Christmas Gift

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Included in this Taking You Back In Time to 1942 Print, A Range of What Things Cost in 1942 Average New House: $3,770.00, Average Monthly Rent: $35.00, Average Income per Year: $1,880.00, Average New Car: $920.00, Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 15 cents, Bottle of Coca-Cola: 5 cents, Important Events From 1942 • The minimum draft age is lowered from 21 to 18, • War Bonds introduced raising $13 billion, • Cyclone in Bengal, Bangladesh kills 61,000 people, • Voice of America begins broadcasting, • Car manufacturers switch from making cars to making war materials, • Thirty members of the Duquesne Spy Ring operating in the US were jailed for 300 years, • The K9 corps began training dogs for use in warfare, • American and Filipino defenders surrender to the Japanese and are forced on the “Bataan Death March”, • US Gas rationing goes into effect, allowing 3 gallons per week, • Executive order 9066 is signed into law which authorized the physical removal of all Japanese Americans into internment camps, • The Battle of Midway was won by US forces against the Japanese, 1942 Popular Movies Casablanca, Bambi, Yankee Doodle Dandy, To Be or Not to Be, Saboteur, The Magnificent Ambersons Popular Music 1942 Kay Kyser, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Dinah Shore and Woody Herman Born In The Year 1942 Stephen Hawking - January 8, Aretha Franklin - March 25, Roger Ebert - June 18, Madeline Kahn - September 29, Joe Biden - November 20



This Printable 8 1/2 inch X 11 inch 1942 poster is suitable for placing in a picture frame or to hand out during Birthday Celebrations or as a Christmas Gift. The new Graphics also resize to Birthday / Christmas Card size and still look pretty good, so ideal to use as an unusual card idea.




This free 1942 print is available for all to use is created by The People History and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License ( I.E. Just include an Attribute to The People History When Using Online and Leave Our Copy write Notice Thanks ) The graphic includes news, pop culture, prices and more is also ideal for use when making a 1942 scrapbook for family, friends birthday, Christmas or Wedding Anniversary celebrations or for use with school reunion