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Month: February 2018

Posted on February 20, 2018May 2, 2019

Stretching the Clothing Dollar

Stretching the Clothing Dollar. Household Finance Corporation, 1937.

Although a relic from the 1930s-era American desire to pinch every penny possible, the pamphlet Stretching the Clothing Dollar focuses on the ever-ironic American obsession with fashion, even in the darkest of times. Directed

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