This collection of World War II rationing ephemera contains ration books, coupons, stickers, permits, and certificates for tires, bicycles, cars, stoves, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the Office of Price Administration between 1942 and 1946. There is also a pamphlet, "Rationing in World ...
MoreThis collection of World War II rationing ephemera contains ration books, coupons, stickers, permits, and certificates for tires, bicycles, cars, stoves, typewriters, sugar, shoes, fuel oil, gasoline, and food which were issued by the Office of Price Administration between 1942 and 1946. There is also a pamphlet, "Rationing in World War II," issued by the Office of Price Administration (OPA) in 1946 and sent to libraries and historical societies along with "one of the limited number of historical sets of OPA ration currency...assembled in response to requests from libraries, historical societies and similar institutions." The Office of Price Administration (OPA) rationed scarce essential commodities and authorized subsidies for production of some of those commodities during World War II. It also stabilized prices and rents by establishing maximum prices for commodities (except agricultural commodities controlled by the Secretary of Agriculture) and maximum rents in defense areas. The Office of Price Administration was established in the Office for Emergency Management (OEM), by EO 8875, August 28, 1941. It was transferred to independent agency status by the Emergency Price Control Act (56 Stat. 23), January 30, 1942; and to the newly-established Office of Temporary Controls (OTC) by EO 9809, December 12, 1946, except Financial Reporting Division was transferred to the Federal Trade Commission. It was abolished effective May 29, 1947, by General Liquidation Order, OTC Administrator, March 14, 1947. Adapted from Guide to Federal Records, Records of the Office of Price Administration [OPA] (Record Group 188), Administrative History (https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/188.html#188.1, accessed 18 November 2020)
Less