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World War II Army Scrapbooks
Various Locations
1940
By the Second World War, scrapbooks were more commonplace both at home and abroad. Publishers provided extensive instructions for how to produce a scrapbook: at once infantilizing ("Use large picture to begin the story") and ludicrous ("fill book with cartoons if story runs short.") these comparatively primer-style lessons on graphic design persisted throughout and beyond the duration of the War. Copious space for listing detailed activity in wartime did little to lessen the otherwise goofy spirit of many scrapbooks from this era. While overtly fawning in their praise of the steadfast soldier, these books were punctuated with cartoon spot illustrations and given comical titles ("G'I've Been Around") to diminish an otherwise sober topic: memories of the war.

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I absolutely love these scrapbook pages; and I would love to see a lot more, too! Alesandra Lanto, NYC
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