PASTIMES FOR KIDS IN THE ’40s

There are fewer toys in wartime, but radio—and then

TV—keep kids rapt.

RADIO, TV & MOVIES

The Lone Ranger Captain Midnight Howdy Doody (NBC) Bambi (1942)

STORYTIME STAPLES

Curious George (Margret and H.A. Rey) Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown) The Hundred Dresses (Eleanor Estes)

FAVORITE TOYS & GAMES

Sidewalk games like four square and hopscotch

Slinky

Silly Putty

Army tanks, subs and planes

FASHIONS & FADS

Girls: dresses—likely handmade—for school and church; pants at home

Boys: striped shirts with shorts or trousers and long socks