The Good Soldier's Lunch Call
- [Los Angeles, California]: Southern Counties Gas Company, 1944
[Los Angeles, California]: Southern Counties Gas Company, 1944. Very good to near-fine.. A nutrition guide for American housewives, offering tips and tricks for nourishing the family during the Second World War. Published "as a wartime service with compliments of Southern Counties Gas Company", and issued at a time when wartime rations were in full effect. Ingredients such as sugar and meat were rationed to help feed the boys abroad, so housewives needed to be resourceful and economical with their grocery purchases and meal planning. This booklet includes recipes, nutrition advice by food group, meal planning advice, and plenty of illustrations of happy boys and girls. Image on front shows a brother and sister playing soldier and saluting the viewer. Single vol. (8.5" by 5.5"), pp. [20], illus., original illus. self wrps, printed in yellow and black.
Details
Title
The Good Soldier's Lunch Call
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Southern Counties Gas Company: [Los Angeles, California]
Date
1944