1940s

Uses published in the 1940s that are in some way prototypical of that decade. For contemporary uses that emulate that era, see 1940s style.

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Toulouse Olympique Aviation Club membership card1945

unknown

Photo(s) by Frederic Humbert on Flickr.

Toulouse Olympique Aviation Club membership card

World Off Duty. The Contact Holiday Book by A.G. Weidenfeld (ed.)1947

Edward Bawden

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

<cite>World Off Duty. The Contact Holiday Book</cite> by A.G. Weidenfeld (ed.)

Jazz Man record labelsc. 1942

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Jazz Man record labels

Sponsor

“Ed” George Lindsay QSL cardc. 1948

unknown

Contributed by Scott Higinbotham

“Ed” George Lindsay QSL card

Farmàcia Bonmatí labelsc. 1950

unknown

Contributed by Lluís Serra

Farmàcia Bonmatí labels

Kaiser-Panorama at Mauthalle Nürnberg ad1942

unknown

Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.

Kaiser-Panorama at Mauthalle Nürnberg ad

Kamprath-Skelett book series adc. 1940

unknown

Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.

Kamprath-Skelett book series ad

Nine Lives Are Not Enough by Jerome Odlum1940

unknown

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

<cite>Nine Lives Are Not Enough</cite> by Jerome Odlum

Alphabet and Image 5, September 19471947

Robert Harling

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Alphabet and Image</cite> 5, September 1947

Irving Berlin – “You’d Be Surprised” sheet music1940

unknown

Contributed by Ian Fine-Free

Irving Berlin – “You’d Be Surprised” sheet music

Red Fox Heat-Resisting Steels brochure1944

F.H.K. Henrion

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

Red Fox Heat-Resisting Steels brochure

Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet 64, “FASCISM!”1945

Army Orientation Branch

Contributed by D Jones

Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet 64, “FASCISM!”

Startling Stories, vol. 16, no. 31948

Better Publications

Contributed by Alan Sargent

<cite>Startling Stories</cite>, vol. 16, no. 3

The Wine and Food Society booklets1943

Berthold Wolpe
Curwen Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

The Wine and Food Society booklets

East Chicago Telephone Directory, March 19411941

Contributed by George Proctor

East Chicago Telephone Directory, March 1941

The Smiler and the Knife by Nicholas Blake1945

H. Lawrence Hoffman

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>The Smiler and the Knife</cite> by Nicholas Blake

The New Town of Stevenage1949

Shenval Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

<cite>The New Town of Stevenage</cite>

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence (Modern Library)1948

Edward McKnight Kauffer

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

<cite>Women in Lov</cite>e by D.H. Lawrence (Modern Library)

Poland. Key to Europe (1939) and Isolated America (1940) by Raymond Leslie Buellc. 1939

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Poland. Key to Europe</cite> (1939) and <cite>Isolated America</cite> (1940) by Raymond Leslie Buell

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Richard Strauss: Elektra (Final Scene) album art1948

Frank Decker

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – <cite>Richard Strauss: Elektra (Final Scene)</cite> album art

Nick’s Presents His Dixieland Jazz Band album seriesc. 1945

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

<cite>Nick’s Presents His Dixieland Jazz Band</cite> album series

Al Goodman and His Orchestra – Memories album art1941

Alex Steinweiss

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Al Goodman and His Orchestra – <cite>Memories</cite> album art

“Discos Mexicanos” ad by OKeh and Vocalion1940

Alex Steinweiss

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Discos Mexicanos” ad by OKeh and <span>Vocalion</span>

Family Orchestra by Mary Howard1946

Margaret Paull
unknown

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>Family Orchestra</cite> by Mary Howard

Buchdruckerei Frohburg sign, Wirtschafts-Anzeiger nameplatec. 1935

unknown

Contributed by Ralf H.

Buchdruckerei Frohburg sign, <cite>Wirtschafts-Anzeiger</cite> nameplate

L’Esercito Italiano by F.T. Marinetti1942

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

<cite>L’Esercito Italiano</cite> by F.T. Marinetti

Banco di Napoli ad1940

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

Banco di Napoli ad

“Did YOU give?” WW2 posterc. 1941

Tassos Alevizos

Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou

“Did YOU give?” WW2 poster

Alec Wilder Octet – Alec Wilder Octets album art1949

Dan Shapiro
unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<span>Alec Wilder Octet – </span><cite>Alec Wilder Octets</cite> album art

“Aid the wounded” poster for Red Army Day1943

F.H.K. Henrion

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Aid the wounded” poster for Red Army Day

We Shall Fight in the Streets by Captain S.J. Cuthbert1941

unknown
John G. Walter

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span><cite>We Shall Fight in the Streets</cite> by Captain S.J. Cuthbert</span>

The Dead Man Laughs by Victor Gunn1946

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

<cite>The Dead Man Laughs</cite> by Victor Gunn

Amedeo Simonazzi labelc. 1943

unknown

Contributed by René Villeaux

Amedeo Simonazzi label

Ernesto Pevere labels (1920–1940s)c. 1924

unknown

Contributed by René Villeaux

Ernesto Pevere labels (1920–1940s)

Emery Deutsch and His Orchestra – Emery Deutsch and His Orchestra album artc. 1949

Stephen Haas

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Emery Deutsch and His Orchestra – <cite>Emery Deutsch and His Orchestra</cite> album art

“Stratocruisers Coast to Coast” advertisement1949

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

“Stratocruisers Coast to Coast” advertisement

Borough of Darwen Transport Department – Souvenir of the Abandonment of Tramways, 5 October 19461946

Wardleys

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

Borough of Darwen Transport Department – <cite>Souvenir of the Abandonment of Tramways</cite>, 5 October 1946

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D major / Bach’s Suite No. 2 in B minor album art1949

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – <cite>Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D major</cite> / Bach’s <cite>Suite No. 2 in B minor</cite> album art

Modern Method for Tympani by Saul Goodman1948

unknown

Contributed by Rob Hudson

<cite>Modern Method for Tympani</cite> by Saul Goodman

Die Frau von 30 Jahren by Honoré de Balzac (Saar-Verlag)c. 1948

Straub

Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.

<cite>Die Frau von 30 Jahren</cite> by Honoré de Balzac (Saar-Verlag)

Table for Two by Maysie Greig (White Circle)1947

unknown

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>Table for Two</cite> by Maysie Greig (White Circle)

The Philadelphia Orchestra – Liszt: Les Préludes / Brahms: Variations On A Theme By Haydn album art1949

Alex Steinweiss

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

The Philadelphia Orchestra – <cite>Liszt: Les Préludes / Brahms: Variations On A Theme By Haydn</cite> album art

Murdered: One By One by Francis Beeding (Popular Library, 1944)c. 1944

H. Lawrence Hoffman

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

<cite>Murdered: One By One</cite> by Francis Beeding (Popular Library, 1944)

“Give Victor Records for Christmas” stamp

Victor Records

Contributed by Dylan

“Give Victor Records for Christmas” stamp

Arthur van Schendel – Angiolino en de Lente 1943

Boosten en Stols

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Arthur van Schendel – <cite>Angiolino en de Lente </cite>

Arts & Architecture, May 19431943

Ray Eames

Contributed by Ryan Mungia

<cite>Arts & Architecture</cite>, May 1943

King’s Glass Supplies invoice (1950)1950

Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.

King’s Glass Supplies invoice (1950)

Three Thirds of a Ghost by Timothy Fuller1946

H. Lawrence Hoffman

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>Three Thirds of a Ghost</cite> by Timothy Fuller

Alphabet and Image 6, January 19481948

Robert Harling

Photo(s) by Kirsten Solveig Schneider on Flickr.

<cite>Alphabet and Image</cite> 6, January 1948

“We build in steel” ads by Banister, Walton & Co. Ltd. (1938–1947)c. 1938

unknown

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

“We build in steel” ads by Banister, Walton & Co. Ltd. (1938–1947)

We Have Just Begun to Serve: American Red Cross (Brooklyn Chapter) annual report1944

American Red Cross

Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center

<cite>We Have Just Begun to Serve</cite>: American Red Cross (Brooklyn Chapter) annual report

“For Concrete Construction” F. Bradford & Co Ltd ad1945

unknown

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

“For Concrete Construction” F.<span class="nbsp"> </span>Bradford & Co Ltd ad

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – “Take The ‘A’ Train” single1941

Bluebird Records

Contributed by Dylan

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra – “Take The ‘A’ Train” single

Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein (Scribner’s)1949

Clifford Geary

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Red Planet</cite> by Robert A. Heinlein (Scribner’s)

Het Bandenboekje/Het Frame-boekjec. 1944

Drukkerij De Globe

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

<cite>Het Bandenboekje</cite> <cite>/</cite> <cite>Het Frame-boekje</cite>

Bing Crosby – St. Patrick’s Day1949

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Bing Crosby – <cite>St. Patrick’s Day</cite>

What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg (Bantam Books, 1946)1946

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>What Makes Sammy Run?</cite> by Budd Schulberg (Bantam Books, 1946)

Café Du Monde postcardc. 1945

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Café Du Monde postcard

Kunst en Kind exhibition catalog1948

Willem Sandberg

Photo(s) by Philipp Messner on Flickr.

<cite>Kunst en Kind </cite>exhibition catalog

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