(ADVERTISING) Group of 13 humorous photographs showing post

Sale 1907 - Lot 85

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Estimate: $ 900 - $ 1,200

(ADVERTISING)
Group of 13 humorous photographs showing post-war families planning to buy their own homes or enjoying their new status as mortgage holders. Silver prints, 14x11 inches, each with a printed caption laid in. Circa 1946

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A suite of photographs produced by the banking industry and directed towards returning World War II vets, now reunited with their families. The leitmotif of the images is the importance of saving money, and the benefits accorded to the working family. This group of pictures makes it abundantly clear that families who save "can grasp an opportunity," such as buying their own home, and enjoy the good life in suburbia.