Rationing Collection

Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. During World War II many materials were unavailable to the public because of government rationing

German women after second grade meat, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German women after second grade meat, 1914. German women in line for meat during the beginning of World War I.

Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Store Interior, 1917 or 1918. First World War - shop assistant and customer

Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributing station, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The commodities on the counter represent two weeks allotment for four people. Photograph made in Farm Security Administration (FSA)

The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Shoppers queuing to buy dried fruit to make plum puddings. Illustration to a story by John Oxenford

Esso garage at the end of petrol rationing 1950. Creator: Unknown
Esso garage at the end of petrol rationing 1950

Morris Commercial salvage truck, Liverpool World War 2. Creator: Unknown
Morris Commercial salvage truck, Liverpool World War 2

End of rationing, meat and bacon on sale at the Barnsley Co-op butchers, South Yorkshire, 1954. In 1954, threstrictions on the sale of meat and bacon were lifted

Vegetables for market, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Vegetables for market, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

A nice hot dinner, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
A nice hot dinner, 1941. A mother feeds her baby at the dinner table. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

An inspector visiting a Berlin bakery, 1915. An inspector checking to see that the Government limitation on the use of flour is being observed. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol

Motor Fuel Ration Book, c1973. A fuel ration book of the like issued by the British government to combat petrol shortages during the 1973 Oil Crisis

Supply Rating, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Supply Rating, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Regulating Petty Officer, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Regulating Petty Officer, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Food shortages during the First World War, 1914-1918 (1935). During the ever increasing food shortage the King and Queen kept firmly to the rule of plain fare

Motor fuel ration book, c1950s

Motor fuel ration book, 1957

German supply depot, occupied Paris, February 1941

Food store in occupied Paris, c1941(?)

People queuing outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 26 July 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

Queue of women outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 28 June 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

Le Rationnement du Pain, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Le Chauffage, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Paris Assiege showing people queueing up to obtain rationed coal and firewood for heating

Queue outside a grocers shop, Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871. Paris endured severe food shortages during the Prussian blockade which lasted from early September 1870 until late

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