1940s? 50s? pin up poster “Furthering American Good living” need help dating

annieelizabeth27

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Does anyone know what year this poster is from or what the poster is promoting? If anyone could provide me with details I would be ecstatic! I love this poster so much and purchased it from an estate sale of a vintage collector, I would love to know more information on it. Thanks so much in advance!
 

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I am awaiting a repair to my inability to access my research databases, but until that happens I saw four references to "Furthering American good living" in four newspaper articles, all from 1945. I will post anything else I find once I can access the databases again.
Oh thank you so much! You are so helpful. I really appreciate it!!
 
I finally got access to the databases again this morning and did some poking around for an answer to your question. While I did not see your exact ad image, I saw a great many references to "American good living" and a few to "furthering American good living." The bulk of the references were from about 1944-1945 and seem to be part of a patriotic (war-related) program, to comfort, encourage, and reassure the public that American industry was working hard to "give all Americans a chance to enjoy the basic necessities of American good living."

I opened about 35-40 articles and ads with relevant, albeit brief, references to "American good living" then interrupted that to go to dinner. When I returned, I saw that all the ads, etc. I left open were gone, likely from a brief power outage. I honestly don't have the heart or the time to dig for them again, so I will cull a few, to show you examples of the "American good living" theme. These are posted for educational purposes only, so because of copyright protection, do not reproduce these anywhere else.

From 1943...
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From 1944...
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From 1945...
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From 1947...
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I finally got access to the databases again this morning and did some poking around for an answer to your question. While I did not see your exact ad image, I saw a great many references to "American good living" and a few to "furthering American good living." The bulk of the references were from about 1944-1945 and seem to be part of a patriotic (war-related) program, to comfort, encourage, and reassure the public that American industry was working hard to "give all Americans a chance to enjoy the basic necessities of American good living."

I opened about 35-40 articles and ads with relevant, albeit brief, references to "American good living" then interrupted that to go to dinner. When I returned, I saw that all the ads, etc. I left open were gone, likely from a brief power outage. I honestly don't have the heart or the time to dig for them again, so I will cull a few, to show you examples of the "American good living" theme. These are posted for educational purposes only, so because of copyright protection, do not reproduce these anywhere else.

From 1943...
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From 1947...
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Thank you so much for your efforts and providing this information to me. That is so sweet of you to do. All of this information is really helpful and I love learning about the history of things that I find. You are awesome!! Thanks so much again!!
 
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