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The attached article about Philadelphia during World War II was a part of Yank Magazine's on-going series profiling American cities and the effects that each were experiencing as a result of the war:

"You can boil down nearly all the changes that have taken place in Philadelphia since Pearl Harbor to one word: prosperity."

"In 1940 the average factory worker in Philadelphia was making $27 a week and the city's total factory pay roll was 393 millions. In 1943 Philadelphia's factory workers averaged $48 a week and the total factory payroll was one and a quarter billions...The Philadelphia social life, too, has taken a terrific shot in the arm..."

Click here to learn more about the American W.W. II home front...

Read about Wartime San Francisco.

Click here to read about wartime Washington, D.C..

     


Home Front Philadelphia (Yank Magazine, 1944)

Home Front Philadelphia (Yank Magazine, 1944)

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