PopKulture's photos with the keyword: 1941

This piece of vintage sheet music entitled “Hawaiian Sunset” is emblazoned with a perfectly stylized setting sun, leaving to one’s imagination what enchantments the night holds. Copyright 1941 by Republic Music Corp.

Movie Life magazine – July 1941 issue. Gene Autry cover.

Movie Life magazine – June 1941 issue. Jane Withers cover.

Movie Life magazine – May 1941 issue. Tyrone Power and his lovely wife are featured on this vintage cover.

Movie Life magazine – May 1941 issue. Fred Mac Murray and his wife are featured on this cover.

Movie Life magazine – January 1941 issue. Bonita Granville and Jackie Cooper pose on this vintage cover.

This unfortunate earthling is forced to fight for his life on a futuristic world run by giant bugs! Science Fiction Quarterly - Spring 1941 issue. Cover art by Frank R. Paul.

Action Stories - February 1941 issue. Cover art by George Gross.

Thanksgiving isn't the only holiday in November that should give us pause to reflect and be thankful for all that we enjoy. The American Legion Magazine - June 1941 issue.

An outrageous children's book featuring a plastic button eye attached to the inside back cover. Each page features a cut-out wherein the eye successively appears on different animals, but none so adorable as the cute - if not drunken, then definitely loopy - kitten. Artwork by Milo Winter. Published by Reuben H. Lilja & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1941.

It's refreshing to see a nice Jon Whitcomb illustration that doesn't feature silverware! Good Housekeeping - March 1941 issue. Cover art by Jon Whitcomb.

A glaringly patriotic spread from the wartime comic, Remember Pearl Harbor. This amazing comic, resplendent in its symbolism, was printed shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941. It retold the story of the assualt in comic form with a smattering of text. It was published by Street and Smith in early 1942, and featured the artwork of Jack Binder. Considered wholly and appropriately patriotic in its day, it would no doubt today be scorned as propaganda in various corners.

This eerily prophetic letter was written and sent by my Uncle 'Mugs' from Wheeler Field to the folks back home in Chicago. It is dated November 30, 1941, and carries the following passage: "I'm writing this at the time when we are waiting to see just what Japan is going to do in regards to our ultimatum in the Pacific. By the time this letter reaches you, she will have taken steps one way or the other and history will be made." His speculations were not in error. A week after the letter was sent, Japan attacked US installations on O'ahu on December 7th, 1941 - the famous "date which will live in infamy." Thus echoes the poignant phrase: "and history will be made." As an historical note, Wheeler Army Airfield was the first actual site attacked in the overall assault known more generally as Pearl Harbor. The Japanese had targeted Wheeler to prevent the many aircrafts there from taking off and engaging them in combat.

I bet Greenp*ace wishes they had a few of these... Amazing Stories - July 1941 issue. Cover art by Stockton Mulford.

Happy Valentine's Day!! Good Housekeeping - February 1941 issue. Adorable cover art by Jon Whitcomb.

In Parke County, Indiana, home to the Covered Bridge Festival.

Pocket Books No. 95 - The Sherlock Holmes Pocket Book by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1941.

"Rare and lovely potential decoration for any college campus is seventeen-year-old, Theodore Roosevelt High School (NY) Senior Rita Clarke. No jitterbug - although she's attended dance classes since her third birthday - she prefers roller-skating, at which she excels, poses here for CO-EDS photographer, at Astoria's Beebe Rink." Co-Eds - Fun On The Campus - Vol. 1 No. 2, March 1941.