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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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war ration book number two. The cover of the war ration book number two

war ration book number two. The cover of the war ration book number tw...

Printing war ration book 2. Jessie Calabase stacks the sheets containing four coupon books as they come from the collator ready to be transferred to the cutting department

Printing war ration book 2. Jessie Calabase stacks the sheets containi...

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Printing war ration book 2. The coupons and covers flow through the collator where the pages and covers are assembled and glued. The coupons and covers leave the collator assembled in glued sheets aggregating four war ration books. Otto Krants inspects a roll of coupons on collator

Printing war ration book 2. The coupons and covers flow through the co...

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Washington, D.C. Ration book applicants checking out at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. Ration book applicants checking out at Woodrow Wilson...

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Washington, D.C. Waiting in line at lunch hour to register for the second ration book at a public school on the corner of Tenth and F Streets

Washington, D.C. Waiting in line at lunch hour to register for the sec...

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Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. Captain C.M. Wilson, examining contents of a K ration

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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Washington, D.C. A shoe store clerk opening the door to customers on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. A shoe store clerk opening the door to customers on t...

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Handle the ration stamps with care. After the first two weeks, if you are a retailer, you need them to replace your own supplies of all these rationed foods

Handle the ration stamps with care. After the first two weeks, if you ...

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Ration day at Standing Rock Ag[enc]y / drawn by H.F. Farny.

Ration day at Standing Rock Ag[enc]y / drawn by H.F. Farny.

Print shows a large group of Natives who have arrived at the Standing Rock Agency to receive food and other supplies from the government. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 22, no. 1388 (1883 July 28), pp. 472-473... More

Gasoline ration card A. Any person requiring the unlimited use of a gasoline vehicle in the performance of essential services is entitled to this card. With it he can procure whatever gasoline he needs

Gasoline ration card A. Any person requiring the unlimited use of a ga...

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Printing United States Office of Price Administration war ration book number 2. Hoboken, New Jersey

Printing United States Office of Price Administration war ration book ...

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First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used to ration sugar, issued today by the Office of Price Administration (OPA). Each stamp will be used to purchase a quantity of sugar still to be determined. When the sugar ration plan goes into effect, a specific stamp will be designed for use each week. Books under the direction of local rationing boards. Printing of the books will start next week

First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used t...

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Food in England. A page from Winston Churchill's ration book. All food imported into England is government property and is distributed through an effective rationing plan

Food in England. A page from Winston Churchill's ration book. All food...

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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of Washington, D.C. Dodge automobile. Sign on sidewalk reads "Today's quota sold"

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of...

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Sergeant Tony Gaudiello, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, somewhere in the European war theater, inspecting the contents of the kit which fits into the back pad of a parachute. It contains, among other things, concentrated food, emergency ration, a frying pan, knife, lighter, compass, bullets, gloves, and insecticide in a compact form

Sergeant Tony Gaudiello, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, somewhere in the ...

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Leon Henderson gets the first proof of war ration book no. 1 from a press at the Government Printing Office (GPO)---acting public

Leon Henderson gets the first proof of war ration book no. 1 from a pr...

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

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

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It is vital for everyone to understand that any attempt to sell or get rationed foods without ration points is stealing--stealing from our fighting men and our allies the food they must have if we are to win this war

It is vital for everyone to understand that any attempt to sell or get...

Photo shows a rat nibbling at a box; part of a group of photos about rationing meat.

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Spangler, a Woodrow Wilson faculty member, filling out a ration book application

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Spangler, a Woodrow Wilson faculty member, filli...

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Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after making the family purchases from a list left that morning by her twenty-six year old widowed mother who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. Here she submits ration coupons to the grocer for what she has purchased

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaving the store after ...

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

Slaughtering for the "black market" in meat. Shopper accepting a ratio...

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Preparation for point rationing. Miss Elizabeth Law, who teaches an adult homemaking class at Mckinley High School, Washington, D.C., explains the use of war ration book two to a group of homemakers at the school. The relationship of balanced diets to point-rationed foods is taught to adult classes open to all D.C. homemakers

Preparation for point rationing. Miss Elizabeth Law, who teaches an ad...

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San Augustine, Texas. County Judge Robert Norvell receiving a supplemental gas ration book in the CPA (certified public accountant) office

San Augustine, Texas. County Judge Robert Norvell receiving a suppleme...

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Application for supplementary gasoline ration card. This form must be completed by persons who find that the gasoline ration card issued to them is inadequate and who wish to provide for an additional supply

Application for supplementary gasoline ration card. This form must be ...

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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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Escambia Farms, Florida. A Florida "cracker" trys to "argue it out" with the sugar ration board

Escambia Farms, Florida. A Florida "cracker" trys to "argue it out" wi...

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Preparation for point rationing. With an official as their guide, woman shopper and daughter get their first experience in using war ration book two in purchasing processed foods. Harold B. Rowe, director of Office of Price Administration's (OPA) Food Rationing Division, indicates the point values of various canned goods

Preparation for point rationing. With an official as their guide, woma...

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Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. Mountain ration. At severe altitudes men loose their taste for solid foods, but still enjoy sweets, fruits, and soups

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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Food in England. A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewife's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon she is allowed for one week. Most foods in Britain are rationed and some brand names are given the designation "National"

Food in England. A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewi...

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Preparation for point rationing. While a shopper and her children look on, the clerk tears point stamps from war ration book two to cover processed foods being purchased

Preparation for point rationing. While a shopper and her children look...

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Washington, D.C. A sign on a shoe store on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. A sign on a shoe store on the last day on which war r...

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Preparation for point rationing. Home economics pupils of the Wilson Senior High School, Washington, D.C., learn the facts about war ration book two, and talk over ways in which homemakers can get well-balanced meals. An advanced student leads the class

Preparation for point rationing. Home economics pupils of the Wilson S...

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Washington, D.C. Registering for the second ration book at a public school on the corner of Tenth and F Streets

Washington, D.C. Registering for the second ration book at a public sc...

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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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Oslo, Norway. People waiting in order to buy their ration of fruit and vegetables on Younstorget market place

Oslo, Norway. People waiting in order to buy their ration of fruit and...

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Washington, D.C. A student assisting a ration book applicant at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. A student assisting a ration book applicant at Woodro...

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Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for r...

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Preparation for point rationing. A shopper and her son carefully weigh posted price and point values in purchasing canned foods under war ration book two

Preparation for point rationing. A shopper and her son carefully weigh...

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Washington, D.C. A crowded shoe store on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. A crowded shoe store on the last day on which war rat...

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Attendant dumping bucketfull of cattle ration into feed stalls for cows to eat while being milked. Dairy, Tom Green County, Texas

Attendant dumping bucketfull of cattle ration into feed stalls for cow...

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Gasoline ration card B1. This card entitles the holder to eleven units of gasoline, four more than are provided for in basic allotment card A. An applicant for this card must show that he is the owner of a registered vehicle and that his vocational requirements cannot be met by card A

Gasoline ration card B1. This card entitles the holder to eleven units...

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Ration For Victory. Rationing Safeguards Your Share. A poster based on an equitable rationing plan for war-time emergency. Printed in three colors -- red, black and blue -- it was designed and produced by the Office of War Information (OWI) and distributed to retail stores, selling with sugar and to local rationing boards

Ration For Victory. Rationing Safeguards Your Share. A poster based on...

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Washington, D.C. Principal Norman J. Nelson giving instuction to the faculty for issuing ration books, Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. Principal Norman J. Nelson giving instuction to the f...

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Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. Field ration, consisting of previously prepared food, packed in moisture, heat cold and gas resistant containers. Every item in the ration is included for a scientific reason

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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Washington, D.C. High school students helping to issue number four ration books at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. High school students helping to issue number four rat...

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OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers holding night hearings for offenders of the pleasure driving regulations. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The man being sworn in has been stopped by policemen, accompanied by an OPA investigator. There was some question as to his reasons for driving, and he was asked to appear at hearing between eight p.m. and one a.m. within the next three days. Penalties range from depriving drivers of gas ration books to warnings

OPA (Office of Price Administration) lawyers holding night hearings fo...

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Food in England. Women all over England work regularly every year on the sugar beet crops. Since 50,000 farmers grow sugar beets in Britain they are able to produce a large part of their sugar ration. Britain's farms are organized into field areas, each with a "fieldman" who is liason officer between the grower and the factory

Food in England. Women all over England work regularly every year on t...

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War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present books when their stamps are used up, will be distributed during the early summer. It contains four pages of "point" stamps, similar to the point stamps in war ration book 2, though slightly different in design and printed in brown ink. It also contains four pages of "unit" stamps for the type of rationing now used for sugar, coffee, and shoes. Each page of fourty-eight stamps bears the design of a different war machine, including guns, tanks, aircraft carriers and planes. One of each of these stamps is reproduced separately below the picture of the book. Important note: Actual dimensions of the point ration stamps are 7/8 inch x 1 inch, while the unit stamps are 7/16 inch x 1 inch. The U.S. Secret Service requests that ration stamps not be reproduced in actual size, but less than 3/4 or over 1 1/2 times. Also, stamps should not be reproduced in color. This photograph, if reproduced, same size, meets these requirements

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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The four freedoms. The economy of abundance is still a part of the American way of life. No ration cards limit the purchase of healthful dairy products for Americans and their children

The four freedoms. The economy of abundance is still a part of the Ame...

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Leon Henderson gets the first proof of war ration book no. 1 from a press at the Government Printing Office (GPO)---acting public

Leon Henderson gets the first proof of war ration book no. 1 from a pr...

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Food of the highest quality and in sufficient quantities is the rule with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger's Third Army, on maneuvers in Louisiana. The above picture shows a "ration breakdown" of the frozen beef, ham, potatoes, fresh and canned vegetables required to feed an organization for one day

Food of the highest quality and in sufficient quantities is the rule w...

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Sugar rationing. Three prominent ladies learn how to register for their sugar rationing books. Mrs. Henry Wallace, Mrs. Leon Henderson and Mrs. Bennett Clark (seated left to right, facing camera) learn how to fill in their ration books from teachers and pupils at Western High School, Washington, D.C., in preparation for the nationwide registration which will be held from May 4th through May 7th

Sugar rationing. Three prominent ladies learn how to register for thei...

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Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter...

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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

Sugar rationing. The war has brought new purchasing procedures to Amer...

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Washington, D.C. A sign in front of Woodrow Wilson high school on the day when number four ration books were issued

Washington, D.C. A sign in front of Woodrow Wilson high school on the ...

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Washington, D.C. Part of a crowd waiting their turn in a shoe store on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. Part of a crowd waiting their turn in a shoe store on...

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary Spangler, English teacher, listening to instructions for distribution of ration books at the Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary Spangler, English teacher, listening to ins...

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Washington, D.C. Students assisting applicants for ration books at Woodrow Wilson High chool

Washington, D.C. Students assisting applicants for ration books at Woo...

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Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisconsin. Students waiting in line to register for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisc...

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Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for r...

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The Daily Ration. Thousands of refugees from Russia are living on the island of Proti, near Constantinople, entirely dependent upon the American Red Cross for their food supplies and clothing. This picture shows Major James A. Mills, of New York making the daily distribution of bread to refugee families. Bread tickets are distributed and each family is allowed a generous ration every day

The Daily Ration. Thousands of refugees from Russia are living on the ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Paris Office. Data: Atlantic Division; Red Cross Bulletin. Group title: Refu... More

war ration book number two. The inside pages of the war ration book number two

war ration book number two. The inside pages of the war ration book nu...

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Gasoline ration card B2. This card is issued to the owner of a registered vehicle who has satisfied the rationing authorities that his vocational requirements are not properly met by the basic card A, and also exceed those provided by the card B1. The Registrar determines an applicant's right to the B1, B2 and B3 cards on the basis of the facts set forth in the application

Gasoline ration card B2. This card is issued to the owner of a registe...

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Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of Washington, D.C. Dodge automobile. Sign on sidewalk reads "Today's quota sold"

Gas station attendant checking ration coupons against license plate of...

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Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisconsin. Students registering for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. Farm short course school at the University of Wisc...

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Sugar rationing. Fair exchange for all Americans. Coupons from the war ration books assure a just distribution of the nation's sugar supply to all

Sugar rationing. Fair exchange for all Americans. Coupons from the war...

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

Slaughtering for the "black market" in meat. Shopper accepting a ratio...

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Blue Island, Illinois. Daniel Senise is greeted by his son Bobby and his friend as he comes home from work. The "A" gasoline ration is just about enough for him to get to and from work and do some shopping once a week

Blue Island, Illinois. Daniel Senise is greeted by his son Bobby and h...

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Washington, D.C. A crowded shoe store on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. A crowded shoe store on the last day on which war rat...

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Preparation for point rationing. With official table of point values for processed foods prominently posted, a shopper awaits wrapping of her purchases while clerk removes point stamps from war ration book two

Preparation for point rationing. With official table of point values f...

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Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. K ration is highly concentrated, and is used only in time of emergency and continuous combat when regular messing facilities are not available. Packed in three boxes for three meals, it weighs only 32.86 oz. and contains 3,726 calories. It is so packed that it will not be affected by temperatures up to 135-F or down to 20 below zero

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. People filing out after receiving their bread ration

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. People filing out after receivi...

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Gasoline ration card B3. Registrars are empowered to issue B3 cards to persons whose applications show that their vocational requirements are greater than those which the basic allotment card A provides and cannot be met by B1 or B2 cards

Gasoline ration card B3. Registrars are empowered to issue B3 cards to...

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U.S. soldier eating field ration

U.S. soldier eating field ration

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Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the District line opened

Washington, D.C. On morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter...

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Printing war ration book 2. Otto Krantz replenishes the glue in the glass cylinders in the collator that supplies the glue for securing the coupon pages

Printing war ration book 2. Otto Krantz replenishes the glue in the gl...

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Gasoline rationing. Previous to the adoption of the new "A" gasoline ration books, service station and garage attendants were often deluged with calls from motorists requesting the reservation of specified amounts of gasoline. Here, the manager of a cooperative filling station records such an entry from a regular customer. The rationing system was designed to alleviate this condition

Gasoline rationing. Previous to the adoption of the new "A" gasoline r...

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Printing war ration book 2. Covers for war ration book 2 roll from the press at a plant in Hoboken, New Jersey. The press is stopped as the ration book's serial number is checked

Printing war ration book 2. Covers for war ration book 2 roll from the...

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Washington, D.C. Faculty member and students assisting ration book applicants at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. Faculty member and students assisting ration book app...

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Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students waiting in line to register for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students waiting in line t...

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New York, New York. Mrs. Rose Carrendeno stops to chat with Mrs. DeMartino about the ration problems while Joseph DeMartino cleans the mackerel she has purchased

New York, New York. Mrs. Rose Carrendeno stops to chat with Mrs. DeMar...

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Washington, D.C. A group of people waiting for the shoe store to open on the last day on which war ration shoe coupon seventeen may be used

Washington, D.C. A group of people waiting for the shoe store to open ...

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Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic ration of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The front cover will carry a description of the car for which the booklet is issued, as well as the name and address of the owner. The other coupon books used in the plan will resemble the "A" book, except in the order of printing and the number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front conver of the "A" gasoline co...

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

Slaughtering for the "black market" in meat. Shopper accepting a ratio...

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A butcher behind the counter over which a woman is handing him her ration book, a scene from "Black Marketing," a motion picture produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) and released August 19, 1943

A butcher behind the counter over which a woman is handing him her rat...

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Preparation for point rationing. A home economics class of the McKinley High School, Washington, D.C., gets a practical lesson in home canning of fruits and vegetables, looking toward supplementing the limited allowance of canned foods available to holders of war ration book two. Mrs. Elouise Gummer, their teacher, explains the use of pressure cooker for canning

Preparation for point rationing. A home economics class of the McKinle...

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Washington, D.C. Sally Dessez, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School, questioning an applicant for a ration book

Washington, D.C. Sally Dessez, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School...

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Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army quartermaster depot. E.A. Vaupel, baking technician and cereal chemist making pH activity test on ration biscuits

Chicago, Illinois. Subsistence research laboratory of the U.S. Army qu...

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Sugar rationing. Application form which will have to be filled out by every person to whom war ration book no.1 is issued when sugar rationing starts within a few weeks. Applicants will register at public schools on dates to be announced shortly

Sugar rationing. Application form which will have to be filled out by ...

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Gasoline ration card "A." This is the basic allotment card. No application form whatever is needed to obtain it. A car owner may receive one upon presentation of his automobile registration card. The information the registrar fills in the "A" card is that usually found on motor vehicle registration cards in most states

Gasoline ration card "A." This is the basic allotment card. No applica...

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Escambia Farms, Florida. Farmers came in from all directions to get their sugar ration cards for canning

Escambia Farms, Florida. Farmers came in from all directions to get th...

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary Spangler, Woodrow Wilson High School teacher, issuing ration books

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Mary Spangler, Woodrow Wilson High School teache...

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Preparation for point rationing. Catherine M. Rooney, 6th grade teacher at the Murch Elementary School, Washington, D.C., explains to her interested pupils how to use war ration book two when shopping for processed foods

Preparation for point rationing. Catherine M. Rooney, 6th grade teache...

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Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for ration book number two

Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin students registering for r...

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Preparation for point rationing. Never too young to learn, these future homemakers receive first-hand experience in looking for point values as well as prices and information on labels when buying canned and bottled foods with war ration book two

Preparation for point rationing. Never too young to learn, these futur...

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Washington, D.C. An applicant for a number four ration book at Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, D.C. An applicant for a number four ration book at Woodrow...

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Preparation for point rationing. Demonstrating how registration for point rationing will take place, Mrs. Percy Ellett, president of Parent Teachers Association of the District of Columbia, is shown a copy of war ration book two by Miss Dorothy Smith, teacher at McKinley High School, Washington, D.C.

Preparation for point rationing. Demonstrating how registration for po...

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Your sugar ration is 2 lbs. per month / The Carey Printing Company, New York.

Your sugar ration is 2 lbs. per month / The Carey Printing Company, Ne...

Poster showing sacks of sugar, comparing America's voluntary ration to the compulsory rations of 2 pounds in England, just over a pound in France, and less than a pound in Italy. Text continues: We must confine... More

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