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  • American Decades Primary Sources

    World War II Cartoons

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Cartoon Content Level = Level 4Cartoons By: Bill Mauldin Date: 1945 Source: Mauldin, Bill. Up Front. New York: W.W. Norton, 1945. About the Artist: Born in New Mexico, Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) realized a passion for drawing early in life and...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Photographs of Supermarkets in the 1940s

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20046 pages Photograph, Topic ov... Content Level = Level 4Photographs Date: 1940s Source: Photographs of Supermarkets in the 1940s. From Progressive Grocer magazine. Appearing in McAusland, Randolph. Supermarkets: 50 Years of Progress. Washington, D.C.: Food Marketing...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Photograph, Nonficti... Content Level = Level 4Photographs By: Walker Evans Date: 1941 Source: Agee, James, and Walker Evans. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. About the Artist: Walker Evans (1903–1975) was a photographer, writer,...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    American Men in Three Wartime Posters

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Topic overview, Post... Content Level = Level 4Posters By: McClelland Barclay; National Safety Council; Unknown Date: 1942 Source: McClelland, Barclay; National Safety Council; Unknown. "Man the Guns—Join the Navy"; "Keep 'Em Fighting"; "Get Hot—Keep Moving."...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    ENIAC Progress Report

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Report Content Level = Level 4Report By: Mauchly, John W., and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. Date: 1942–1947 Source: ENIAC Progress Report. Document sent to Ballistic Research Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1944. About the Authors: John W....
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    American Women in Three Wartime Posters

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Topic overview, Post... Content Level = Level 4Posters By: Royal Typewriter Company; Lawrence Wilbur; J. Howard Miller Date: ca. 1942 Source: Royal Typewriter Company; Lawrence Wilbur; J. Howard Miller. "Victory Waits on Your Fingers"; "Longing In her...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Athletes in the Military

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Photograph, Topic ov... Content Level = Level 4Photographs Date: December 6, 1939; December 11, 1941; July 8, 1944 Source: Joe DiMaggio and Harold "Pee Wee" Reese in uniform before a Central Pacific Service Championship game. July 8, 1944. AP/Wide World Photos....
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    The Farnsworth House

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20044 pages Photograph, Topic ov... Content Level = Level 4Architectural design By: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Date: 1946–1951 Source: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig. The Farnsworth House. 1946–1951. Friends of the Farnsworth House. Available online at About the Architect:...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Captain America, No. 1

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Image, Fictional wor... Content Level = Level 4Comic book By: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Date: March 1941 Source: Simon, Joe, and Jack Kirby. Captain America, No. 1, March 1941. Reprinted in Spillane, Mickey, et al. Golden Age of Marvel, Vol. 2. New York: Marvel...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Linus Pauling's Research Notebooks

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Nonfiction work, Exc... Content Level = Level 4Notebook By: Linus Pauling Date: 1940–1949 Source: Pauling, Linus. Research Notebook 14, 1940–1949. Linus Pauling Archives. Available at Oregon State University online at About the Author: Linus Pauling...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Wartime Conservation Posters

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Topic overview, Post... Content Level = Level 4Posters By: Henry Koerner; Weimer Pursell; Vanderlaan Date: c. 1943 Source: Koerner, Henry; Weimer Pursell; Vanderlaan. "Save Waste Fats for Explosives"; "When You Ride Alone You Ride with Hitler!"; "Waste Helps...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Levittown, New York

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20044 pages Photograph, Topic ov... Content Level = Level 4Photographs By: William J. Levitt Date: April 13, 1949; May 14, 1954 Source: Green, Arthur. "Levittown, New York Seen from Above." April 13, 1949. Corbis. Image no. U901794ACME; Bettmann/Corbis. "Houses In...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    "1948 Is Television's Big Boom Year"

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20047 pages Photograph, Article,... Content Level = Level 4Magazine article, Photographs By: Joanne Melniker Date: July 20, 1948 Source: Melniker, Joanne. "1948 Is Television's Big Boom Year." Look 12, no. 15, July 20, 1948, 28–33. About the Author: In the publication's...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    "Yellow Men of Mars"

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20044 pages Drawing, Image, Topi... Content Level = Level 4Illustrations By: J. Allen St. John Date: August 1941 Source: St. John, J. Allen. "Yellow Men of Mars" illustrations. In Amazing Stories 15, no. 8, August 1941, front cover and page 6. Reproduced in "Life on Mars."...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Editorial Cartoons of Dr. Seuss

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20044 pages Cartoon Content Level = Level 4Political cartoons By: Theodor Seuss Geisel Date: May 22, 1941; December 9, 1941 Source: Geisel, Theodore Seuss. Political cartoons. PM. May 22, 1941; December 9, 1941. Reprinted online at About the Author:...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    "The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut"

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20043 pages Photograph, Plan, To... Content Level = Level 4Architectural designs By: Philip Johnson Date: 1949 Source: Johnson, Philip. "The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut." 1949. Reprinted in Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. About the Architect:...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    "Could the Reds Seize Detroit?"

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20046 pages Article, Cover, Topi... Content Level = Level 4Magazine article, Magazine cover By: James Metcalfe Date: August 3, 1948 Source: Metcalfe, James. "Could the Reds Seize Detroit?" Look 12, no. 16, August 3, 1948, 21–27. About the Publication: First published in...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    World War II Ration Stamp Books

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20043 pages Excerpt, Topic overv... Content Level = Level 4Booklet By: U.S. Office of Price Administration Date: c. 1942 Source: U.S. Office of Price Administration. World War II Ration Stamps, Book No. 2. c. 1942. Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Higher Education for American Democracy: Vol. I, Establishing the Goals

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20045 pages Table, Report, Excer... Content Level = Level 4Report, Charts By: President's Commission on Higher Education Date: 1947 Source: President's Commission on Higher Education. Higher Education for American Democracy: Vol. I, Establishing the Goals. Washington,...
  • American Decades Primary Sources

    Gobitas Perspectives

    Editor:Cynthia RoseFrom:American Decades Primary Sources (Vol. 5: 1940-1949. )
    20046 pages Excerpt, Topic overv... Content Level = Level 4Memoir By: Lillian Gobitas Date: 1986 Source: Irons, Peter. The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court. New York: Penguin Books, 1988, 26–27, 29, 30–33. About...

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