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LuAnn Kern <[log in to unmask]>
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Museum on Main Street <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:54:37 -0500
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Just discovered that you can also get Rosier the Riveter...
 
Action Figure (complete with her own lunch box and rivet gun)
Wall Clock
Night Light
Snackbox
Metal Case
Coasters
Gift Wrap
and...Air Freshener
 
at www.accoutrements.com
 
LuAnn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Mulvihill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Produce poster reprints
 
 
> They also have a website where you can view the Rosie merchandise, as
> well as 13 other WWII-era posters.  Check it out at www.watermind.com
>
> Julie
>
>
> On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 03:23 PM, Carol Harsh wrote:
>
> > Julie,
> >
> > You are on the right track.  Doug Kim at Watermind (in CA) provides the
> > Rosie posters, mugs, t-shirts, etc to the Smithsonian.  We were able to
> > negotiate a reduced rate for last year's tour of PFV in MS, TN, and
> > LA.  He
> > needs to sell them by the case (36 mugs for instance), so we might
> > consider
> > ways to let the communities share orders.  Doug is very accommodating
> > and
> > sells a high quality product.  Tell him you are working with the
> > Smithsonian
> > project and he should honor a discount (mugs $1.75 each rather than
> > $2.99
> > each--if you buy a case; 144 magnets at $1.75 each; Rosie posters (29"
> > x
> > 24") at $3.75 each; and tatoos and stickers packs with 5 in a pack for
> > $1.25
> > each pack)
> >
> > For other PFV councils, you can reach him at Watermind, 6060 Thornhill
> > Drive, Oakland, CA 94611.  His phone number is (510)339-3612.  His
> > e-mail
> > address is [log in to unmask] (note the "o" is a letter not a number)
> >
> > Carol
> >
> > Carol Harsh
> > Co-Director
> > Museum on Main Street
> > Smithsonian Insititution, SITES
> > (703)263-1912
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >>>> [log in to unmask] 02/17/03 01:54PM >>>
> > Thanks, I will do all of the following.  In the meantime I flipped
> > through the info handed out in Vegas and found a business card for
> > WaterMind, a place in CA that sells Rosie stuff.  I've contacted them
> > and they'll give me a pretty good rate for Rosie posters.
> >
> > Sorry to hear that you don't celebrate Valentine's Day.  Chub and I had
> > a grand time - - we ate at RUNZA  and then off to The Goodwill Store
> > for some thrifty shopping.  We didn't find any must-haves, but I did
> > see a pretty cool Huffy Bike I might like to have.
> >
> > Julie
> >
> >
> > On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 11:50 AM, crockett wrote:
> >
> >>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:42:37 -0700
> >>> To: Julie Mulvihill <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> From: crockett <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Subject: Re: Produce for Victory posters
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Bcc:
> >>> X-Attachments:
> >>>
> >>> Hey --
> >>> Though it's been a couple of years since I've tried,  you once could
> >>> order
> >>> poster reprints from the National Archives and National Audiovisual
> >>> Center
> >>> (1.800.788.6282). For the WWII 50th anniversary they put out a
> >>> product
> >>> catalog, but I don't know if it's still active. They don't offer all
> >>> of
> >>> the posters displayed with Produce for Victory, but they do have
> >>> several
> >>> key ones: Rosie's We Can Do It, Loose Lips, etc. and several others
> >>> that
> >>> aren't included in the SITES exhibit (they've also got extensive
> >>> video and
> >>> book offerings). Come to think of it I'd check the National Archives
> >>> website for gift shop and that of SI's National Museum of American
> >>> History.
> >>>
> >>> Brian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Museum on Main Street folks.
> >>>>
> >>>> On March 13, in conjunction with our board meeting, the 6 Kansas
> >>>> sites
> >>>> will be joining us at our state capitol for a public announcement.
> >>>> To
> >>>> borrow South Dakota's idea, we have asked each of the Kansas
> >>>> communities to bring with them a hometown homefront hero.  We have
> >>>> invited the Governor to say a few words, as well as a key senator
> >>>> from
> >>>> the state.  They both have tentatively scheduled us in.
> >>>>
> >>>> We have just finished distributing our homemade postcard invitations
> >>>> to
> >>>> the legislative offices and I've already received two phone calls
> >>>> wanting more information!!  One wanted to know if the actual exhibit
> >>>> was going to be at the Capitol on the 13th.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, Senator Chris Steineger from Kansas City, KS called to see
> >>>> if
> >>>> there were any reproduction posters for sale.  And, if so, which
> >>>> ones?
> >>>> And how could he buy them?  Can anyone help?  He didn't seem to want
> >>>> to
> >>>> wait until the poster exhibit came to town.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any ideas of how I could help Senator Steineger?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>> Julie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >

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