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OPA FORM
R-534
(Rev. 5-44) |
STUB |
BUDGET BUREAU NO. 08-R084
APPROVAL EXPIRES MAY 31, 1945 |
This STUB, when approved by a War Price and
Rationing Board becomes a record of the mileage rations issued. |
UNITED STATES |
OF AMERICA |
OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION |
IT MUST BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD WITH EACH APPLICATION
FOR A GASOLINE RATION. |
MILEAGE |
RATIONING |
RECORD |
DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE WITHIN HEAVY LINES |
DESCRIPTION |
OF |
VEHICLE |
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VEHICLE LICENSE NO
352179 |
YEAR MODEL
36 |
SERIAL NO. OR RATION ISSUED
846715 |
DATE OF ISSUE
10/23/44 |
STATE OF REGISTRATION
Mass. |
MAKE
CHEVROLET |
BOARD NO.
106 |
COUNTY AND STATE
Franklin Mass. |
ADDRESS TO WHICH RATION IS TO BE MAILED:
(Print or type.) |
SIGNATURE OF ISSUING OFFICER
M.J. Gritz |
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NAME CARYLL M. CRAFTS |
Endorse ALL your |
STREET AND NUMBER 79 GRAVES ST. |
coupons as soon as you get them. |
CITY POSTAL So. DEERFIELD MASS. |
HELP KILL THE |
ZONE NO. AND STATE |
BLACK MARKET!
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16-39951-1 |
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
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This is a Mileage Rationing Record that belonged to Caryll Crafts of South Deerfield, Massachusetts. It was issued to him on October 23, 1944, and served as a record of the mileage rations issued by the Rationing Board of Deerfield. The stub had to be presented to the board with each application renewal for a gasoline ration. Rationing became a way of life for people on the home front during World War II (WWII), from 1941-1945. It affected the quantity and kind of food people ate, the distance they could travel, and the clothes they wore. Rationing insured that each person could get his fair share of the products and food goods that were in short supply due to the war effort and import reductions. Factories turned their attention to producing ammunition, guns, airplanes, uniforms, and tanks; consumer goods went first to soldiers and others involved in the war effort. Items like rubber were scarce because they came from the South Pacific, an area occupied by the invading Japanese.
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WWII Mileage Rationing Record
printer Government Printing Office |
date Oct 23, 1944 |
location Washington D.C. |
height 3.75" |
width 8.0" |
process/materials printed paper, ink with manuscript |
item type Legal Documents/Government/Society Records |
accession # #L05.166 |
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