For the Boys: 30 Pin-Up Postcards of WWII [Cards]

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Publication Date: December 11, 2001

Take a sentimental journey back in time with 30 great pin-up examples from the best-selling book, For the Boys: The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II. These are the same images that boosted the morale of the men in the Armed Services and inspired them with sweetly seductive reminders of home. From such Hollywood movie goddesses as Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth to the fabulous dream girls of calendar artists Rolf Armstrong and Gil Elvgren to the homemade nosecone art of unknown fighter pilots, these pin-up girls charmed and heartened fighting men thousands of miles from home. These thirty postcards from For the Boys indicates just how popular and essential these sweetly sexy images were to the war effort, proving that if you really want to give something to the boys ...send in the girls.

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Product Details

Cards: 30 pages
Publisher: Collectors Press (December 11, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1888054565
ISBN-13: 978-1888054569
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,531,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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