American housewives are learning the basic steps of wise buying 8e10755v
In the war against waste, American housewives are learning the basic steps of wise buying: buy by weight, not by number; buy in quantity when savings come that way; compare cost per ounce with cost per pound; and read the scales carefully
- Date
- 1942-02
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 1,024 × 757 pixels
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