Canada at War, No.34 Special Pictorial Edition

Canada at War, No.34 Special Pictorial Edition, Wartime Information Board. Published by Wartime Information Board, Ottawa, Canada, March 1944. First Edition. Stapled wraps. 80 pages including covers Printed in sepia with blue and black text and graphics. Illustrated with photographs, maps and graphics. Contents are toned and otherwise in fine condition; library inked stamp to head of front cover; back cover has 2 small closed tears. Contents: The Country, The People, The Navy, The Army, The Air Force, Food, Primary Products, Munitions, Economic and Finance, International. "The Wartime Information Board was a Canadian government agency established 1942 to create a common outlook amongst Canadians on their identity and perception on the war. … The focus was to ensure high morale and patriotic fervour: "sharing together in common experience, working and striving in great causes." In addition to films, posters, polls and tours, the Board published a monthly account of the war effort entitled Canada At War. The publication was distributed throughout Canada to various audiences from farmers to housewives".