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Auction History Result 7y087 COST OF LIVING linen 21x28 WWII war poster '44 it cost less to live during WWII than WWI! Date Sold 6/9/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War II Poster (measures 20 3/4" x 28" [53 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Cost of Living, the 1944 U.S. World War II (WWII) Home Front poster ("1918 - 64.6% rise in cost of living 53rd month World War I"; "1944 - Price Control Began Here - Before Price Control rise in cost of living 53rd month World War II 25.9%"; "Here's a war job all America may be proud of. The rise in the wartime cost of living today is less than half the World War I increase... only the patriotic cooperation of the public and businessmen with the government's price control program made this record possible... let's keep up the good work by keeping the Home Front Pledge: 'I pay no more than ceiling prices.... I pay my ration points in full.'") comparing the cost of living increase between World War I and World War II and featuring Frederick G. Cooper art of women putting groceries in a large basket. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had printing from the War Department on the back of the top right, and it slightly bleeds through to the front in the top right image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades 
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