Million Dollar Luncheon program

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: ARCHS-121

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1 program

Dates

Created: 1942
Other: Date acquired: 12/11/1989

Conditions Governing Access

No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Augusta Richmond County Historical Society is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. The Augusta Richmond County Historical Society may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical or Historical Information

Luncheon held in order to help the war effort by raising money for supplies.

Note written by

Extent

1.00 items

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

in World War II,Million Dollar Luncheons were held across the country to promote buying war bonds to finance the war. This luncheon would have been an event in the first war bond tours as part of the Stars Over America campaign. The US was divided into regions and Hollywood stars were assigned to teams to help promote war bonds. Miss Jane Wyman, mentioned in the program was part of team number five More information can be found in Olney, Larry. The War Bond Story. s.l. (1971) A copy is held in the Library of Congress and is available online.