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Cuban refugees waiting for rations /

Cuban refugees waiting for rations /

"A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler. They stand in line waiting, each man with his tin dish and cup. One expects to see just such men as these, a... More

Unemployed receiving rations, New York

Unemployed receiving rations, New York

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of the United States Air Force stationed somewhere in England have "adopted" nearby English children and are shown cheering their proteges in a game of tug-of-war. For both winners and losers there were prizes and candy which the men had been saving from their rations for the past month. These children were invited by the Air Force personnel to an Easter party given by the Americans

Members of the United States Air Force stationed somewhere in England ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Iowa

Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Io...

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Chinese soldiers supervising distribution of famine relief rations

Chinese soldiers supervising distribution of famine relief rations

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: China HISTORY; Bread lines and soup lines;... More

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

Gas rationing booklet. This is the front cover of the new "A" gasoline...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasonline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are market "A," which means they may be used at any time during the month after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered, "A-2," "A-3" etc., and will be good during the respective month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

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Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Iowa

Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Io...

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Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is good. Expressive medium. We put in 60 minutes each hour in our present attitude

Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is ...

Three Lakota teenage boys in western clothing, sitting near a tree--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation.

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the NEW YORK

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the NEW YORK

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 11, p. 509. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prisoners get rations, Zossen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Prisoners get rations, Zossen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photograph shows prisoners getting food at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line II

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line II

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York" / sketched by William Waud.

Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York"...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Issuing rations, view from main gate

Andersonville Prison, Ga., August 17, 1864. Issuing rations, view from...

No. 8220. Hand written on verso: "[Miller] Vol. VII, p. 131". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

An Indian agency - distributing rations

An Indian agency - distributing rations

Interior view of Red Cloud Indian Agency, Red Cloud, Nebraska. Reference copy in LOT 4391-B. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 19, 1875 Nov. 13, p. 924. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource g... More

Giving out the day's rations in Belgium

Giving out the day's rations in Belgium

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line I

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Food in England. Pig clubs in England have added thousands of pounds of pork to scant British rations. Even these Tommies, at a permanent station, have their pig club, which supplies bacon and choice cuts of pork

Food in England. Pig clubs in England have added thousands of pounds o...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is good. Expressive medium. We put in 60 minutes each hour in our present attitude

Three of Uncle Sam's Pets. We get rations every 29 days. Our pulse is ...

Three Lakota teenage boys in western clothing, sitting near a tree--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation.

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: The rebel soldiers were entirely without food and our men shared coffee and rations with them. Dated from historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Glimpses at the Freedmen's Bureau. Issuing rations to the old and sick / from a sketch by our special artist, Jas. E. Taylor.

Glimpses at the Freedmen's Bureau. Issuing rations to the old and sick...

Print shows African Americans gathered outside the Freedmen's Bureau in Richmond, Virginia. A woman is handing a slip of paper through a window to a man seated inside. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated news... More

Florence military prison series--"Drawing rations" / J.E. Taylor.

Florence military prison series--"Drawing rations" / J.E. Taylor.

Line of prisoners getting rations from men at window of building. No. 33. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line III

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line III

Item title devised. Logbook annotation: miners coal on strike. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who wor... More

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line II

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line II

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C. ... 186. Sir: In reply to your letter of .... you are hereby informed that in order to obtain a certificate for commutation of rations while held as a prisoner of war for ..., it w

Office of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C. ... 1...

Engraved form.; On verso: 5949A , Aug 63. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 71.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line III

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line III

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line I

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Miners ration line I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the first page of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. Instructions appearing inside the front cover warn holders against tearing out the coupons and presenting them loose at a service station. The six coupons on the first page are marked "A-1," which means they may be used at any time during the first two months after the plan goes into effect. Coupons on the following pages are numbered "A-2," "A-3," etc., and will be good during the respective two-month periods. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the front cover and the f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gas rationing booklet. This is the back cover of the new "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The book cover contains a statement requesting conservation of gasoline and tires. It also instructs finders of lost books to return them to the nearest rationing board. The book rations gasoline for the period of one year

Gas rationing booklet. This is the back cover of the new "A" gasoline ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: The rebel soldiers were entirely without food and our men shared coffee and rations with them. Dated from historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, [blank] rations of provisions of all species and rum. [blank] captain. To Mr. John Mitchell. Rations. No. [blank] beef, mutton or pork, bread, flour, rum, or [blank] beer, vegetables, [blank].

Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, ...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro wage laborer and part of his family. He is coming home from the commissary with a week's rations. Macon County, Georgia

Negro wage laborer and part of his family. He is coming home from the ...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps. Boats are fitted with various pockets for carrying emergency rations and other equipment. This picture shows outer tube of boat completed before bottom has been applied. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Assault boat Production. Building assault boats for U.S. Marine Corps....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, [blank] rations of provisions of all species and rum. [blank] captain. To Mr. John Mitchell. Rations. No. [blank] beef, mutton or pork, bread, flour, rum, or [blank] beer, vegetables, [blank].

Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, ...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some inhabitants of Monastir calling at the Depot of the American Red Cross set up in an old shelled building, for their rations of bread, lard and other food stuffs sent from the United States to check the starvation in Southern Serbia. Each of the Inhabitants is given two pounds loaf of bread, a pound of rice, beans, and sugar each week. Picture shows lard ration

Some inhabitants of Monastir calling at the Depot of the American Red ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Balkan Comm. Group title: Serbia. On caption card: (Z-1162) Gift; American N... More

Oran, Algeria. American soldiers stationed at Oran, Algeria, donated half of their milk rations to French youngsters. Sergeant Paul Myers of Kansas City, Missouri, distributing cans of milk to the children

Oran, Algeria. American soldiers stationed at Oran, Algeria, donated h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Military Rations - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Military Rations - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners on board the New York

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners ...

Title inscribed on verso. Sketch of an emaciated prisoner on verso. Inscribed below sketch: a white[?]man from nature [the figure appears to be an African-American]. DRWG/US-Waud (W.), no 42 verso (A size) is a... More

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

The war in Louisiana - Gen. Lee's cavalry fording Cane River, March 31 Sketches of Army life - weighing out rations / from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes. / from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill.

The war in Louisiana - Gen. Lee's cavalry fording Cane River, March 31...

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Rations of Water to U.S. Army in Mexico

Rations of Water to U.S. Army in Mexico

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General statement, shewing the cost of articles bought by the agent for manufacture in the penitentiary, of tools and machinery for carying on the factories, cost of rations, &c.- ... Richmond, December 1st, 1808.

General statement, shewing the cost of articles bought by the agent fo...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 182, Folder 16a.

Richmond ladies going to receive government rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Richmond ladies going to receive government rations / sketched by A.R....

One woman saying to another, "Don't you think that Yankee must feel like shrinking into his boots before such high-toned Southern ladies as we!," as they walk by Union soldier and ruins of Richmond.

Feed rations for hogs are scientifically determined. Osage Farms, Missouri

Feed rations for hogs are scientifically determined. Osage Farms, Miss...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Feed is the fuel that keeps Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger's Third Army troops working day and night during the maneuvers in Louisiana. A "spot check" is made for the number of rations each organization is to receive, and food for several organizations has been broken down to unit lots and is receiving a final check before being loaded into the yawning trucks

Feed is the fuel that keeps Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger's Third ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Refrigeration unit. This unit, weighing 1,550 pounds, is gasoline operated, will hold meat rations for 400 men, and is sturdy enough to survive a four or five foot drop. Shown with other airborne equipment at demonstration held by United States Army Air Forces

Refrigeration unit. This unit, weighing 1,550 pounds, is gasoline oper...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Military Rations - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Military Rations - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 12th December 1781. Proposals will be received in this office until the first day of February next, for the following contracts, to supply the rations deliverable by the United States, from the first day of April

Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 12th December 1781. Proposals will be...

Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 146, Folder 10.

Car belonging to Negro share tenant family. The mother said they were not running it because they did not have the money to buy tags. "I always say rations and clothes comes before riding. I can stay at home." Near Gordonton, North Carolina

Car belonging to Negro share tenant family. The mother said they were ...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1930s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the back cover of the "A" gasoline coupon book, which motorists in the East Coast rationed area will need to obtain their basic rations of gasoline when the coupon plan goes into effect in July. The inside of the back cover contains a warning that gasoline rationing rules and regulations must be observed and a space for the signature of the holder of the book. The other coupon books used in the plan will resemble the "A" book except in the color of printing and the number of coupons

Gas rationing booklet. This is the inside of the back cover of the "A"...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General statement, shewing the cost of articles bought by the agent for manufacture in the penitentiary, of tools and machinery for carying on the factories, cost of rations, &c.- ... Richmond, December 1st, 1808.

General statement, shewing the cost of articles bought by the agent fo...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 182, Folder 16a.

Louisiana Flood - refugees cook government rations

Louisiana Flood - refugees cook government rations

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Portable refrigeration unit. Weighs 1,550 pounds, is gasoline operated, will hold meat rations for 400 men, and is sturdy enough to survive a four or five foot drop from a glider. Shown at demonstration of equipment held by the United States Army Air Forces

Portable refrigeration unit. Weighs 1,550 pounds, is gasoline operated...

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Bernard Kock to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 17, 1863 (Money for transportation and rations)

Bernard Kock to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 17, 1863 (Money fo...

Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Iowa

Gene and Francis discuss hogs, feed rations, and prices. Near Ames, Io...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

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Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Group of miners playing cards

Striking miners drawing rations, West Virginia. Group of miners playin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bernard Kock to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 17, 1863 (Money for transportation and rations)

Bernard Kock to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 17, 1863 (Money fo...

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners on board the New York

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners ...

Title inscribed on verso. Sketch of an emaciated prisoner on verso. Inscribed below sketch: a white[?]man from nature [the figure appears to be an African-American]. DRWG/US-Waud (W.), no 42 verso (A size) is a... More

Abstract of rations for the guard at Drennon's Lick

Abstract of rations for the guard at Drennon's Lick

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G.O.C. visits overturned locomotive on the Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Line. British troops of the kings own regiment enjoying their picnic rations while guarding the Jerusalem Lydda railroad

G.O.C. visits overturned locomotive on the Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Li...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: The rebel soldiers were entirely without food and our men shared coffee and rations with them. Dated from historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners on board the New York

Serving out rations (coffee, bread & meat) to the exchanged prisoners ...

Title inscribed on verso. Sketch of an emaciated prisoner on verso. Inscribed below sketch: a white[?]man from nature [the figure appears to be an African-American]. DRWG/US-Waud (W.), no 42 verso (A size) is a... More

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.