The AALL Spectrum Online has a very interesting article examining advertisements from legal periodicals and bar publications published during the Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.
“Due to the scale and scope of the conflict, every aspect of civilian life was affected. The American legal system, including legal publishing, was greatly transformed by the conflict.”
Many very interesting ads are reprinted in the article. I think that my favorite is the one from Shepards pondering “Were the Pilgrims Communists?”