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title: Life, June 14, 1943, cover (High School Graduation)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/life-cover-high-school-graduation-1943/
description: 'Cover of Life magazine for June 14, 1943: a smiling young woman in a white graduation gown and cap and a young man in a dark gown, in black and white.'
section: Collection
---

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# Life, June 14, 1943, cover (High School Graduation)

Cover of Life magazine for June 14, 1943: a smiling young woman in a white graduation gown and cap and a young man in a dark gown, in black and white, captioned 'High School Graduation'. The technique is faint; the cover presents ordinary young Americans in a routine rite.

## Propaganda techniques used in this other

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
LIFE
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION
U. S. Information Service Library
JUNE 14, 1943 10 CENTS
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION $4.50
REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.
44-PA-1616
```

[← Cartoon of Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek, Djawa Baroe, Java (1 June 1943)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/roosevelt-churchill-chiang-cartoon-djawa-baroe-1943/) [Getting the Boot →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-getting-the-boot-1943/)

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