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New Orleans residents queue outside the War Rationing Board on Gravier Street, 1943. ID: A line of people stands outside a building with a sign hanging down with the words Rationing Board and assitional signs for War Book 1 and War Book 2 below it. In the middle distance signs for gasoline and sugar hang below another Rationing Board sign.
This file appears in: Rationing during World War II
Rationing during World War II
"Yes, rationing started early. People who owned cars would get a ration stamp for five gallons of gas per week. Of course, there was a black market too, with counterfeit stamps just like today. But for the most part, there was quite a bit of…