I Need Steel! - Feb 1943
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I love these old shaving-related ads, and this one has a bonus picture of a very pretty lady in a bra! Thanks. 
Thanks for posting. Old times...
Hubba-Hubba! Who's the doll with the perma-lift Brassiere?
Maybe that's why razors started being made from pot metal. If brass was being reserved for the war effort, perhaps zinc was employed to keep production going for some brands.
Only see a bra!
Great ad. love the bonus pic 
Gives you some perspective. We've been at war in some part of the world for many years now but most of us civilians don't make daily sacrifices for the effort like our parents and grandparents had to.
Scott
Gives you some perspective. We've been at war in some part of the world for many years now but most of us civilians don't make daily sacrifices for the effort like our parents and grandparents had to.Scott
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Great ad. love the bonus pic
Scott
One wonders if us modern folks would submit to the same sacrifices. They also went without new cars for that period of time as well.
Of course, not only did the Brits have the same restrictions but they were bombed on a regular basis unlike us Yanks. "Keep Calm & Carry On." Indeed!
My grandfather worked as foreman of a guard crew at Oak Ridge where they were working on the atomic bomb during the war. Here's a page from the timebook he kept for his crew. It covers one week in October of 1943. The men were working 7 days per week and almost 60 hrs.
Later on as the effort accelerated the men worked 80 or more hours per week. They made good money for the time there just wasn't anything you could spend it on. Meat, sugar, cars, tires, clothing, just about everything was rationed. Tough times but they made the best of it.
Later on as the effort accelerated the men worked 80 or more hours per week. They made good money for the time there just wasn't anything you could spend it on. Meat, sugar, cars, tires, clothing, just about everything was rationed. Tough times but they made the best of it.
I'm weird I guess. My car is 16 years old and runs fine. I've got no problem keeping it.
Scott
And much shinier than mine. Last year it started growing moss because I left it in one spot too long. Great weather so I was riding my motorcycle all the time.
Scott
Scott
Nice MG! I think Gillette stopped civilian razor production in 1941.
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