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Maker(s):Roese, Herbert F. (designer); United States Office of Price Administration (publisher); United States Government Printing Office (printer)
Culture:American
Title:Rationing means a fair share for all of us
Date Made:1943
Type:Poster
Place Made:United States; Washington DC
Measurements:Sheet: 28 in x 22 in; 71.1 cm x 55.9 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2017.29.116
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
WWII poster; Two white, black, and red illustrations of two women and a man in a shop. The first, labeled "without rationing", shows one woman carrying away a big package while the other woman is left with nothing and the male shopkeeper is left with empty shelves. The second, labeled "with rationing", shows each woman getting one box and the shopkeeper's shelves full. Red box across the middle with white text.

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