TITLE: V-mail--Easy to write - fast - great to get - often / Bogard.

SUMMARY: Poster with four airplanes in flight above, and addressed V-mail envelope below. During the latter years of World War II, V-Mail became a popular way to correspond with a loved one serving overseas. V-Mail letters were written on forms that could be purchased at five and ten cent stores or the post office. These special forms were photographed, put on film, flown across the world and then reproduced at the mail center closest to the recipient's position. The development of the V-Mail system reduced the time it took a soldier to receive a letter by a month - from six weeks by boat to twelve days or less by air. However, the main advantage of V-Mail was its compact nature. Reduction in the size and weight of the letters translated into more space for crucial military supplies on cargo planes.

MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : color.

CREATOR: Bogard

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [19]44.

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