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Postby Taro Toporific » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:26 pm

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Postby Bucky » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:22 am

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("Go Ahead, Please - Take Day Off!", 1941 - 1945. Creator: Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. (03/09/1943 - 08/31/1945). Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Go)
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Postby 2triky » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:56 am

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("Go Ahead, Please - Take Day Off!", 1941 - 1945. Creator: Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. (03/09/1943 - 08/31/1945). Item from Record Group 44: Records of the Office of Go)


Great photo, Bucky...but what's with the Texaco logo on the bottom right corner? It escapes me...
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Postby amdg » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:56 pm

2triky wrote:Great photo, Bucky...but what's with the Texaco logo on the bottom right corner? It escapes me...


I'm guessing it was a poster produced by Texaco for Texaco employees?
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Postby 2triky » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:59 pm

amdg wrote:I'm guessing it was a poster produced by Texaco for Texaco employees?


Given the caption under the poster I thought the poster represented some sort of government (endorsed) propaganda during the war. That's why seeing the logo of a private company kind of threw me off...
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Postby Bucky » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:48 am

2triky wrote:Given the caption under the poster I thought the poster represented some sort of government (endorsed) propaganda during the war. That's why seeing the logo of a private company kind of threw me off...

I imagine the U.S. Propaganda department approached companies to underwrite the production of the posters and in exchange they were able to place their logo on the bottom.
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Postby 2triky » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:57 am

^ Gotcha.
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Postby Bucky » Tue May 05, 2009 1:12 am

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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Tue May 05, 2009 8:08 am

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Remember, it's supposed to be random Japanese signs.
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Postby 2triky » Tue May 05, 2009 8:17 am

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Postby Greji » Tue May 05, 2009 7:43 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:Remember, it's supposed to be random Japanese signs.


Hey, goats can be Japanese!
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Postby omae mona » Tue May 05, 2009 8:34 pm

[Quote=Samurai_Jerk]Remember, it's supposed to be random Japanese signs.[/quote]
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Postby IkemenTommy » Thu May 07, 2009 10:38 am

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I wish I knew what the true original intentions were for this sign.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Thu May 07, 2009 11:32 am

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I wish I knew what the true original intentions were for this sign.


Well it says Asahi Beer Oktober Fest in the top right corner.
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Postby omae mona » Thu May 07, 2009 11:49 am

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I wish I knew what the true original intentions were for this sign.


To sell beer. I'm not sure the law (see here) compels sellers to get positive ID. I don't know if the translation is accurate and I'm not sure there aren't more detailed rules somewhere, but it looks like the seller only has to "confirm the age of consumers" and then prevent the sale "if they are aware that alcoholic beverages will be ingested by minors". I guess asking the consumer to state his age counts as "confirming". Damn, I should have come here when I was younger!
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Tue May 12, 2009 5:56 pm

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Postby Doctor Stop » Wed May 13, 2009 12:25 am

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Postby IkemenTommy » Wed May 13, 2009 2:56 am

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Postby IkemenTommy » Wed May 13, 2009 4:47 pm

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Postby Sentakki Fried Chicken » Fri May 15, 2009 8:03 am

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Postby IkemenTommy » Mon May 18, 2009 9:01 pm

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Postby BigInJapan » Tue May 19, 2009 12:12 am

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Postby Doctor Stop » Tue May 19, 2009 9:27 pm

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I betcha Takechan sure wanted to stuff her opening.
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