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OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION |
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WAR RATION BOOK TWO |
PRICE ADM. |
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IDENTIFICATION |
205047 AU |
Josephine D. Crafts |
79 Graves St. |
So. Deerfield |
Mass. |
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F |
ISSUED BY LOCAL BOARD |
No. 106 |
Franklin |
Mass. |
Main St. |
So. Deerfield |
BY |
Edwina Fisk |
SIGNATURE
(To be signed by the person to whom this book is issued. If such person
is unable to sign because of age or incapacity, another may sign in his
behalf)
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WARNING
1 This book is the property of the United States Government. It
is unlawful to sell or give it to any other person or to
use it or permit anyone else to use it, except to obtain rationed goods for
the person to whom is was issued.
2 This book must be returned to the War Price and Rationing Board which issued
it, if the person to whom it was
issued is inducted into the armed services of the United States, or leaves the
country for more than 30 days, or dies.
The address of the Board appears above.
3 A person who finds a lost War Ration Book must return it to the War Price
and Rationing Board which issued it.
4 PERSONS WHO VIOLATE RATIONING REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO $10,000 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT,
OR BOTH.
OPA Form No. R-121 |
16-30853-1 |
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(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
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Rationing became a way of life for people on the home front during World War II (WWII), from 1941-1945, affecting everything from the quantity and kind of food people ate to the clothes they wore. Rationing insured that each person could get his fair share of the products and food goods that were in short supply due to the war effort and import reductions. Four different ration books were issued during WWII. Ration book two contained red and blue stamps, numbered A-Z, each with different ration point designations. The red stamps were for butter, margarine, meats, cheese, fats, and canned fish. The red stamps were for canned fruits and vegetables. When book two was first issued, each household was required to itemize and declare all their canned goods; stamps were removed from their ration books for the canned goods they already had on hand!
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WWII War Ration Book 2
printer Government Printing Office |
date 1942 |
location Washington D.C. |
height 4.5" |
width 5.75" |
process/materials printed paper, ink with manuscript |
item type Legal Documents/Government/Society Records |
accession # #L05.156 |
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