Compilation of 40 recordings of advertisements promoting the purchase of U.S. savings bonds which aired on Portland area stations. The spots often featured celebrity guest stars, including Mel Torme, Maureen O'Hara, "Tennessee" Ernie Ford and others.
Collection of 150 discs containing local and national programs on World War II and the early Cold War. Highlights include: D-Day invasion news, a translation of a Hitler speech from Danzig, live coverage of an atomic bomb detonation, speeches by presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, British prime minister Winston Churchill and New York governor Thomas Dewey. National entertainment programs include soap operas such as Lora Lawton and musical variety shows. Local highlights include Roosevelt's speech from Bremerton, WA, local news programs, Mayor Earl Riley's blackout order for Portland following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, coverage of the last run of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway's train to Seaside, OR, educational programs such as Reading is Fun and the local variety show, Grandpappy and Pals.
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
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