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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: 27 in x 21 in; 68.6 cm x 53.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2017.29.112
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
WWII poster; Two black, white,and red illustrations of a butcher's shop. In the top image labeled "without rationing", one woman, on the left, carries away a large number of parcels and the butcher, in the middle, hands a second woman, on the right, one small piece of meat while in the bottom image labeled "with rationing", both women hold equal-sized parcels and ration books and the butcher holds a number of red ration stamps.

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