Ration Gallery

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timexlapse:never thought i would have to reblog something like this but welcome to 2020

squeeful:appearinghatless:professorsparklepants:roachpatrol:redjeep:retrogasm:When they realized wom

igormag:Leonora Kathleen Green (1901–1966), Coupons Required, 1941.oil on canvas, 40.5 x 51 cm

Everyday life in liberated Paris (spring 1945):A large group of civilians queueing outside a bakery-

Rationing card for food, alcohol and cigarettes (Poland, 1981 –83).During the period of martial law,

Notebook belonging to Josephine Lloyd of St. Swithun’s School(Winchester), containing Mrs. Sew

A pair of Utility men’s socks with the “CC41” label (WW2).At first, people had to use the same

Plastic/perspex bracelet made during WW2 from scraps of aircraft windscreens. One end is slightly f

Fashion designer Norman Hartnell in his London office (1944),comparing his original sketch & fab

Men trying on utility clothes with austerity regulations during WW2.In 1942 and 1943, the Board of T

A poster for clothes rationing during WW2. Children’s clothing required fewer coupons, as the

A map of Central Europe that was bought by an Air Ministry staffmember for 2s 6d (about five pounds

A Make Do and Mend poster from WW2.

A pink crepe wedding dress, worn by Gladys Masen in 1939.Clothes rationing and fabric shortages made

Clothesrationing was announced on June 1st, 1941. Each adult wasgiven 66 points’ worth of cou

Woman’s coat from the WW2 Utility scheme.This is an excellent example of Utility design, with

Boy Scouts patching & mending their clothes at a fruit-picking camp near Cambridge (1943), assis

A man’s civilian jacket as part of a “demob suit” (1945).After their war service was finished,

A poster issued by the Board of Trade as part of the Make Do and Mend campaign during WW2.

Along with all of the WWII gas rationing items I recently posted is this form. It apparently had to

The Ministry of Food worked onincreasing the calcium intake of children and pregnant women duringWor

Clothes rationing began in June 1941. In 1942, the Board of Trade launched the Make Do and Mend Camp

“This is no ordinary trip. It may be their last in the USA until the end of the war.” (1

“Work with a wartime De Soto” (1944)

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