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Two women and a butcher at a meat counter, in a scene from "Black Marketing," a motion picture produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) and released on August 19, 1943

Slaughtering for the "black market" in meat. Shopper accepting a ration point bargain(?) piece of meat

Inside a truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C

Escambia Farms, Florida. Making change in the cooperative store

Escambia Farms, Florida. Making change in the cooperative store

Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. In the chicken pharmacy

Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. In the chicken pharmacy

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant George Camblair on one of the many visits to the post exchange

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant George Camblair on one of the many visits to the post exchange

Sugar rationing. The war has brought new purchasing procedures to American consumers. The ration book assures all Americans just distribution of the available sugar on the market. Note the "ceiling prices" posted on the grocery shelves, a guarantee to consumers that prices will not exceed those of March this year

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

DDE: Image does not match lot description (Finchman family).

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 844.

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safety film negatives lot 1902 albert freeman united states office of war information photo sugar prices american consumers americans consumers ration book grocery shelves office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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united states
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Library of Congress
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label_outline Explore Ration Book, United States Office Of War Information, Prices

A black and white photo of a group of men on a boat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two women working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, (extreme left) Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and William G. Marshall (extreme right) director of the WPB, are here shown outside the White House with certificate winner Stanley Crawford, (second from left) and citation winner Edwin Curtiss Tracy, both employees of the RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

A black and white photo of a man carrying a barrel. Office of War Information Photograph

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority. Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Victory food from American waters. Tomorrow's fishermen--young Gloucester boys push wagons of rosefish from the unloading pier to the processing plant where the fish are filleted and frozen. Many of the boys will follow their forefathers and fishermen in New England waters

Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junction of Rts. 418 & 111, Victoria, Agaudilla Municipio, PR

Reciprocal aid. Two sergeants from Texas, Sergeant A. Baker and Technical Sergeant Roy Hill, carry a string of British bullets over their shoulders to a British Spitfire. American and British air forces work side by side in the European theatre, with British furnishing important supplies and equipment under the Reciprocal Aid Program

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Information Photograph

War production drive sticker. The war production drive headquarters. The War Production Board (WPB) produced these stickers for distribution in war plants. They were designed for pasting on workers' machines to stimulate output of vital war materials. Sheets of assorted stickers may be obtained by writing Distribution Section, War Production Drive Headquarters, Washington, D.C

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safety film negatives lot 1902 albert freeman united states office of war information photo sugar prices american consumers americans consumers ration book grocery shelves office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress