A Separate Peace: Gene’s Electronic Time Capsule Brie Starost

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American propaganda poster urls We can do it: http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/the-evolution-of-propaganda- design-us-retro-posters-122.aspx Uncle Sam: http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-posters/american.htm Car sharing club: http://www.vanishedamericana.com/wwii/world-war-ii-ca-sharing- propaganda-poster/ Japanese war bonds: http://mcc10n3.blogspot.com/ Nazi shadow war bonds: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/exhibits/ww2/services/save1.htm Puzzle piece: http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/2002- p3/baker_p3_12-01_js/index.htm

Gene’s Clothing Custom made Ivy League suit to where to school. http://www.onlineshoes.com/mens-dr-martens-1940-boot-black-fine-haircell-p_id13539 http://www.ivy-style.com/category/1920s-40s/page/2 http://www.ioffer.com/si/mens%20vintage Men’s combo swing suit. http://www.rustyzipper.com/mens/suits/40s50s Popular G.I. shoes http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=b8738f1b76821462&q=1940's%20teenage%20young%20men%20clothing&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1940%2527s%2Bteenage%2Byoung%2Bmen%2Bclothing%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D989%26bih%3D646%26tbs%3Disch:1 http://beststuffformen.com/2009/10/17/get-your-mad-men-on-vintage-clothing-and-costumes-for-halloween-and-beyond-at-rusty-zipper/ http://vintageclothing.about.com/od/1940s/tp/40s-Men-s-.htm

Popular 1940’s movies Pinocchio (released in 1940) http://www.imdb.com/year/1940 The 1940s were a great time to go to the movies because so many of them were being made and here are a few. Casablanca (released in 1942) http://bogart-tribute.net/films/casablanca.shtml The Grapes of Wrath (released in 1940) http://www.imdb.com/year/1940 Destination Tokyo (released January 1944) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/ During the 1940s Walt Disney’s career began to prosper with Fantasia in 1940, Dumbo in 1941, and Bambi in 1942. Mrs. Miniver was the biggest hit film of the year (released 1942) http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/mrs-miniver.html

Popular 1940s actor/actresses The forties were a very big time movies (as seen in the last slide), same as for actors and actresses. Elizabeth Taylor http://www.oh-angelina.com/angelina-jolie-elizabeth-taylor/ Ginger Roberts http://www.gingerrogers.com/about/photo.html Possibly the most famous actress from the 1940s: Marilyn Monroe. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/marilyn_monroe/ Autographed photo of Jimmy Stewart. http://www.texaslonghorn.us/The%20Trophy%20Room.htm Other famous actors and actresses include Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, and Hattie McDaniel.

POPULAR 194O’S SINGERS Music in the 1940s consisted of a lot of jazz and big band styles. Some of the artists who helped to create this musical era are pictured be low, and also Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Cliff Edwards, Frank Sinatra, and many more. http://niceandeasy-waldomusic.blogspot.com/2010/08/count-basie-and-his-orchestra-basic.html http://www.examiner.com/swing-and-big-band-in-national/jazz-festival-to-feature-artie-shaw-orchestra http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/r/ro/rosemary_clooney.htm Popular scat jazz singer as “The man in the zoot suit with the reet pleats” because he brought around a whole new slang language: the 1940s Shakespeare. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Cab-Calloway-Biography/70174F8FF5A9D51048256C2300077888 Dizzy Gillespie was known for his puffy cheeks. http://www.jazzpages.com/Deker/gillespie.htm

Popular 1940’s Songs Obviously there are hundreds of songs made during the 1940s, but here are six of some of the most popular back then. In the Mood – Glenn Miller When You Wish Upon a Star – Cliff Edwards I’ll never smile again – Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra Only Forever – Bing Crosby Body & Soul – Coleman Hawkins When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano – The Ink Spots

Popular 1940’s authors and books Gwendolyn Brooks F. Scott Fitzgerlad John Steinbeck Richard Wright Carl Carmer Ernest Hemingway Carson McCullers Raymond Chandler William Faulkner The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The draft Reintroduced in WW 1, the Selective Service Act of 1917 forced all men from the ages of 18-30 to draft. Act was redone as the Selective Training and Service Act (STSA) of 1940 Pres. Roosevelt’s signing began the 1st peacetime draft in the US No more than 900,000 men to be in training at one time Men ages 18 – 45 liable for military service Required men 18 – 65 to register Walter Olsang’s draft card; registered in the Old Man’s Draft of 1942. http://fletcherfamilytree.wordpress.com/2009/02/

The Draft (continued) Limited service to 18 months Between 1940 and 1947 over 10 million men were inducted 1947 the Act was expired by Congress Replaced by a new act in 1948 1948 act said that all males 18-26 had to register Men from 19-26 liable for induction for 21 months service followed by 5 years of reserve duty

World War 2: pacific battles One of the most important pacific battle was the Battle of Midway. In the battle of Midway: Japanese lost four aircraft carries and their best pilots We only lost one carrier First major American naval victory of WW2 Some say that the Battle of Britain turned the war because if they had lost the n the war would have been over considering that Hitler would’ve controled all of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. The Battle of Coral Sea was a clash between carrier task forces: May 7-8, 1942 Not one shot was traded Heaviest losses were the U.S. carrier Lexington and the Japanese carrier Shoho Japan withdrew

World Leaders: FDR U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 – 1945) Helped America out of The Great Depression At first followed a vast political opinion to remain neutral Began to ally with Britain and Russia before actually entering the war Pearl Harbor entered war Knew before Pearl Harbor that they would eventually have to enter the war Death in April 1945, briskly followed by the end of the war http://open.salon.com/blog/david_cox/2009/11/06/what_fdr_gave_us

World Leaders: Harry Truman, Adolf Hitler Harry S. Truman became the 33rd U.S. President after Roosevelt’s death Became Pres. 83 days after V.P. Gave the ‘OK’ to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bomb ended WW II Known for straightforward and blunt attitude Adolf Hitler was the Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933 – 1945 Solider in WW1 Read“ The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion", which is a fake document supporting anti-semitism. This sparked his hatred of Jews Planned and began World War II Prime minister of Germany 30 January, 1944 Committed suicide at the end of the war http://www.visitingdc.com/president/harry-truman-picture.htm http://www.footnote.com/document/137396737/

World leaders: Winston Churchill Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain May 10, 1940 Same day as when the German Blitzkrieg invasion of France began ‘The British Lion’ – excellent wartime leader Formed a strong friendship with U.S. “I take up my task in buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, ‘Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength’.” From his speech on May 13th, 1940 when he became Prime Minister http://queuemagazine.co.uk/quotes.aspx

1940 Medical discoveries 1940: Howard Florey and Ernst Chain make a usable form of penicillin 1944: Selman Waksman discovers steptomycin 1945: First vaccine for the flu 1947: Parke-Davis announces discover of antibiotic Chloromycetin 1949: Sir Harold Ridley preformed the first implant of intraocular lens 1950: John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker 1950 1940s: Experts realized that smoking and mental ingestion were likely causes for cancer.

New inventions 1940: Nylons go on the market 1941: The Jeep was invented 1942: T shirts were introduced 1944: Ballpoint Pens go on sale 1945: 1st Computer built (ENIAC) 1945: Microwave Oven Invention The 1940 Willys “Quad” is said to be the granddaddy of all jeeps. http://blogs.4wdandsportutility.com/6286200/miscellaneous/old-jeep-photos-and-advertising/index.html The first ENIAC computer. http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/fire-site/fitv_pictures_m3.html

New Inventions (continued) 1945: Slinky Toys go on sale 1946: Bikinis introduced 1947: Polaroid Cameras invented 1948: ‘Big Bang’ Theory Formulated 1948: The Frisbee http://canadatop.com/article/SLINKY

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