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[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

1945: Dole Pinapple lists key crops in every state and encourages you to volunteer. It's a pretty interesting list of what products were valued and when their growing seasons are. The deportation of Japanese Americans on the West Coast caused shortages of both vegetables and labor. Over 1/3 of California’s crops had been grown by Japanese-Americas. During internment, their crops rotted and fields went mostly unused.

scanned (poorly) by me from All-American Ads of the 1940s, ed. Jim Heimann

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[violetscorpion.livejournal.com]

That book sounds awesome. I just did a search on Amazon, and came up with the Spanish version only. Darn!

:)

[blackshini.livejournal.com]

http://www.amazon.com/All-American-Ads-40s-Jim-Heimann/dp/3822814687

Re: :)

[violetscorpion.livejournal.com]

Holy...[shakes head]
Not sure why I was unable to find it, but thank you!!!

[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

It's a great series. I'm lucky enough to have access to the whole lot, from 1900 to 1989. I hope they do a volume for the 1990s soon!

[retrofire.livejournal.com]

a very interesting bit of history. Thanks.

[farranger.livejournal.com]

What's interesting is the use of the term "volunteers" when, as the ad states, Dole would pay prevailing wages (no doubt pretty shitty).

[pimpmytardis.livejournal.com]

Well, they really did want ANY volunteers- for a weekend or for full-time. Here's a UK advert with similar intentions for comparison:



It took a surprisingly long time that servicemen usually didn't want to spend their leaves breaking their backs on farms even for the war effort-- they wanted to rest, heal, and be with their families!

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS

I haven't picked any yet and it's the end of the season D:

[studioqt.livejournal.com]

This is an interesting ad. I guess Dole didn't want to use braceros or something.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracero_Program