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Detailed 1940s men's fashion history for everyday man. Business suits, zoot suits, casual and sport clothes, work clothing, shoes, hats and more. Pictures

1940s men's fashion for day, sport, or evening was styled to make a man feel "larger than life." During 1941-1945, WWII fabric rations limited cloth to make suits but not style. Middle class men chose basic business suits that haven’t changed dramatically since the beginning of the century. The notorious Zoot Suit with its bright

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an advertisement for furniture in the 1950's and 1960s's

Better Homes and Gardens has covered interior design since the dawn of the Jazz Age. Join us as we take a decade-by-decade look back through the furniture, colors, and styles that filled our homes over the past century, along with the people and events that drove the designs of our lives.

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a red and white drawing of a factory

Albert Schiller Factory. Type illustration by Albert Schiller (1899-1970). Included in a 1940s issue of "Design and Paper, No 36", a small trade journal targeted to designers and published by Marquardt and Company Fine Papers in the 1930s and 40s. #typeasimage

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