Make and Mend for Victory
Make and Mend for Victory sewing instruction booklet, 1942. Printed by the Spool Cotton Company.
(Collections of the Museum of Florida History)
(Photography by Ray Stanyard)
Florida Remembers World War II
- Introduction: Florida on Eve of War
- Introduction: Pearl Harbor and its Impact on Florida and the Nation
- Military Training in Florida
- Military Training in Florida: Aviation
- Military Training in Florida: Land Warfare
- Military Training in Florida: Amphibious
- Military Training in Florida: WAAC Training at Daytona Beach
- Florida on the Home Front: The German Submarine Threat off Florida's Coast
- Florida on the Home Front: Civil Defense and Civil Patrols
- Florida on the Home Front: Wartime Rationing and Shortages
- Florida on the Home Front: Scrap Metal Drives and Victory Gardens
- Florida on the Home Front: War Bonds and Stamps
- Florida on the Home Front: Homegrown Armor: The Alligator
- Floridians in Military Service: National Guard and State Guard
- Floridians in Military Service: United States Army
- Floridians in Military Service: Navy and Marines
- Floridians in Military Service: Coast Guard
- Floridians in Military Service: Army Air Force
- Floridians in Military Service: Women on Duty
- Floridians in Military Service: African Americans
- Floridians in Military Service: War Heroes
- War's Impact on Florida: German POWs Held in Camps in Florida:
- War's Impact on Florida: Citrus Goes to War
- War's Impact on Florida: Shipbuilding, Defense Industry, and War Products
- War's Impact on Florida: Tourism During the War Years
- War's Impact on Florida: The War Ends
- War's Impact on Florida: How WWII Changed the State
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Artifacts
- Make and Mend for Victory
- Purple Heart Medal
- Grouping of Army Air Force Aviation Insignia
- Airplane spotter cards
- Florida State Guard Shoulder Patch
- U.S. Military Discharge Insignia
- Postcard
- United States Defense Savings Booklet
- Blackout Light Bulbs
- Florida Buys for Victory Poster
- Poster commemorating the Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Poster Powerful Image of a War Wife
- After Victory Booklet
- Citrus Bomber Fleet Poster
- U.S. Navy captain's Uniform Worn by Albert Raborn
- Ribbons Uniform
- Lieutenant Thomas McKee U.S. Army Air Force Officer's Jacket
- Red Cross Gray Lady's Uniform
- U.S. Army Officer's Saucer Cap
- Poster "Don't Let that Shadow Touch Them"
