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"A Lunch That Packs a Punch" Coupon Cookery by Prudence Penny 1943 |
Welcome to this very substantial supplemental post for Episode 12 all about Victory lunch boxes - what they were and what went in them! I've got a lot of great images for you today, so scroll through to your heart's content!
Propaganda & Ads:
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"Avoid Fatigue - Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!" 1941-1945 National Archives via Wikimedia Commons |
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Note the "Victory VU" lunch box! Life magazine (date unknown) |
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Campbell's Soup ad Women's Home Companion October 1942 |
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Hostess Cup Cakes ad Victory Recipes, 1943 |
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Argosy Magazine cover July 1944 credit unknown |
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Nucoa margarine ad Better Homes & Gardens August 1944 |
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Butter ad Life magazine 16 Mar 1942 |
Here are some Victory lunch box-themed cookbooks and pamphlets from my collection!
Cookbook/Pamphlet Covers:
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1942-1945 Exact date unknown |
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1942 |
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February 1943 |
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Here are a couple images from this last cookbook - Health for Victory: How to Pack Lunch Boxes for War Workers. They feature suggested food groups to include every day and a month's worth of lunch box menus!
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"School Days" Bread with a lovely chocolate flavor! |
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Delicious Date-Nut Bread |
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Molasses Cookies with Lemon Buttercream Frosting |
A very big THANK YOU to my friend Stephanie Batroni Pitchers for allowing me to use the photos of the amazing Victory VU lunch box in her war worker's collection! You can find her on Instagram @topsailred.
RESOURCES
Articles:
History in the Kitchen - Victory Lunch Boxes Parts 1 - 3
https://historyinthekitchen.com/2020/03/14/victory-lunch-boxes-part-1-what-do-i-pack/
https://historyinthekitchen.com/2020/04/02/ww2-ration-cook-in-victory-lunch-box/
https://historyinthekitchen.com/2020/04/23/victory-lunch-boxes-part-3-menus/
Lunch in Wartime
https://whatscookinvt.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/food-for-victor/
History in the Kitchen: Wartime Lunch Box
https://www.history-preserved.com/2019/06/history-in-kitchen-wwii-day-9.html
The War in My Kitchen - What Husky Men Doing Active Work
Like Best
https://www.thewarinmykitchen.com/what-husky-men-doing-active-work-like-best/
Books:
The Lunch Box Goes to Work for Victory
http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/military/homefront/lunch_box.htm
(Accessed 10-29-20)
Health for Victory: How to Pack Lunch Boxes for War
Workers, 1943
Victory Recipes, 1942-1945.
Ration Cook Book. Demetria M. Taylor, 1943.
Coupon Cookery. Prudence Penny, 1943.
What Do We Eat Now? Helen Robertson, Sarah MacLeod,
Frances Preston, 1942.
Images/Videos:
The Lunchbox is On the March (Canada)
https://wartimecanada.ca/document/world-war-ii/nutrition/lunch-box-march
Industrial Feeding Outline for Management, 1943
Document with 3 pages.
Avoid Fatigue
Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/5804403/PDF
Wartime Nutrition, 1943 film.
United States. War Food Administration. Eat the Basic 7--
every day! : eat a lunch that packs a punch!, poster, 1943; [Washington, D.C.].
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc619/m1/1/:
accessed November 3, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital
Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Argosy magazine, July 1944, cover art by Arthur Saron
Sarnoff.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/07/dd/1d/07dd1decc6cc613a832bbbc7d5353686.jpg
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