Chrysler magazine ads during World War II

May 3rd, 2012   |   No Comments   |   1930 – 1950

Chrysler builds for the needs of today, now is the time for quality and precision, 1942

Chrysler builds for the needs of today, now is the time for quality and precision, 1942


It wasn't just dark... It was black as Tojo's heart, 1943

It wasn't just dark... It was black as Tojo's heart, 1943


Tank town, USA, 1943

Tank town, USA, 1943


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How well known brands advertised during World War II [15 pics]

November 3rd, 2011   |   No Comments   |   misc
Western cartridge company, 1943

Western cartridge company, 1943


Oldsmobile division of General Motors, 1944

Oldsmobile division of General Motors, 1944


Florida canned grapefruit juice, 1943

Florida canned grapefruit juice, 1943


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Heineken World War II poster “Screw Battle! We’re Gettin’ Drunk”

September 18th, 2011   |   No Comments   |   1930 – 1950

Patriotic Heineken Beer Poster from World War 2, text at the poster top reads “Screw Battle! We’re Gettin’ Drunk”, the fantastic painting by Frederic Stanley shows soldiers passing wooden Heineken Beer crates as artillery pieces fire in the background.

Screw Battle! We're Gettin' Drunk

Screw Battle! We're Gettin' Drunk


Doing what this World War II Heineken ad says, would get most servicemen shot by a firing squad. But if he drank that whole case he might not really know what hit him?


Coca-Cola around the world, World War II

October 21st, 2010   |   1 Comment   |   1930 – 1950

Wartime Ad Campaigns

“There’s a friendly phrase that speaks the allied language. It’s Have a “Coke.” Friendliness enters the picture when ice-cold Coca-Cola appears. Over tinkling glasses of ice-cold “Coke,” minds meet and hearts are closer together. It’s a happy custom that’s spreading ’round the globe.”

By 1944, Coca-Cola became known as “The Global High Sign.” This ad campaign showed men in uniform together enjoying Coca-Colas. The advertisements reinterpreted friendship and community.

American soldier in Alaska, Coca-Cola ad 1943

American soldier in Alaska, Coca-Cola ad 1943


American soldiers in China, Coca-Cola ad 1943

American soldiers in China, Coca-Cola ad 1943


American soldier in Iceland, Coca-Cola ad 1943

American soldier in Iceland, Coca-Cola ad 1943


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Coca Cola World War II

July 28th, 2010   |   No Comments   |   1930 – 1950

Coca Cola was involved in the Second World War. In 1941, when the United States entered the war, Woodruff decided that Coca Cola’s place was near the front line.He sent an order to
“See that ever man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca Cola for 5 cents wherever he is and whatever the cost to the company”.
Coca Cola had not only lifted the spirits of the US Armed Forces, it had also introduced itself to new markets. When the war ended the bottling plants and a little bit of America stayed too.

Coca-Cola goes along

Coca-Cola goes along


Have a Coca-Cola = Howdy, Neighbor

Have a Coca-Cola = Howdy, Neighbor


Coca-Cola Compares the Wartime experiences of Three Wars, c.1943

Coca-Cola Compares the Wartime experiences of Three Wars, c.1943


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Pepsi Cola matchbook covers WWII

February 14th, 2011   |   No Comments   |   1930 – 1950

Since Coca-Cola was already the soft drink of the American military during World War II, Pepsi was trying to get them to change their minds by appealing to the other popular habit of the armed services… smoking.

Old Pepsi Cola military insignia matchbook cover WWII

Old Pepsi Cola military insignia matchbook cover WWII


WWII vintage Pepsi Cola matchbook covers

WWII vintage Pepsi Cola matchbook covers


How IBM helped automate the nazi death machine

March 15th, 2012   |   No Comments   |   1930 – 1950

IBM’s strategic alliance with Nazi Germany started in 1933 when Hitler came to power and continuing well into World War II. As the Third Reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocide, IBM and its subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s.

Only after Jews were identified — a massive and complex task that Hitler wanted done immediately – could they be targeted for efficient asset confiscation, ghettoization, deportation, enslaved labor, and, ultimately, annihilation. It was a cross-tabulation and organizational challenge so monumental, it called for a computer. Of course, in the 1930s no computer existed.

But IBM’s Hollerith punch card technology did exist.

IBM poster "See everything with Hollerith punchcards" 1934

IBM poster "See everything with Hollerith punchcards" 1934