Ration Collection (page 2)

Queues in Hanover Street Post Office, Liverpool, for petrol coupons. 29th November 1973

Littlewoods store in Russia. Shoppers are limited to two garments each to deter black marketeers. 15th January 1992

Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940 Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940
Womens clothing in wool with stitch pattern. Date: 1940

Half Rations, from The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, 1815. 1815
Half Rations, from " The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome", 1815

The Polar Partys Sledging Ration (Pemmican, biscuits, butter, cocoa, sugar and tea), 1911, (1913). Sledging ration for one man for one day

Waiting for relief rations at Bruges, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

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

Serving out porter on a troop-ship, 1878. A print from The Illustrated London News, (13 April 1878)

French soldiers in the trenches eating their rations, France, 1915

Cuneiform tablet barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC
Cuneiform tablet recording barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC, from Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Iraq

Cuneiform tablet depicting beer allocation. 2351-2342 BC. From Girsu. Uruinimgina King. British Museum. London

National Id Card 1940S
During World War Two, everyone had to carry their Identity Card at all times. Date: 1940s

WW1 poster, Save the Nations Bread
WW1 Ministry of Food poster, Waste not want not, Save the Nations Bread, national ration four pounds each per week. Date: circa 1915-1918

Ration Card
Ration card for one months provision of bread or flour

Gabriel de Clieu and the coffee plant seedling. De Clieu arranged to transport a coffee plant from the greenhouses of the Jardin royal des plantes to Martinique in 1720

A (Y)appy Idea! by William Heath Robinson, WWI rationing
The Ventrimetric System: Rational weights and measures for use in hotels, restaurants, and clubs for the limitation of appetites

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

British soldier eating rations at the Front, WW1
Tommys Salle A Manger at the Front. Dinner-time in a British trench where the soldiers dining room with tapestried with mud and carpeted with muddy water. Date: 1915

Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce Bairnsfather
Down at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

British officers relaxing, Western Front, WW1
Four British army officers relaxing behind the lines on the Western Front during World War One. Their chairs are made from ration boxes. Date: circa 1916

WORLD WAR I: POSTER, 1918. Remember We Must Feed Daddy Too. World War I poster for the Canada Food Board, 1918, by Robert Edwin Johnston

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

WW1 - League of National Safety - set up to promote the value of rationing, the efforts to avoid wastage, to further the objects of the Food Economy Campaign

Token for penicillin, 20th century C017 / 0716
Metal token for penicillin, twentieth century. The token reads V-Cillin K, Potassium Phenoxymethyl Penicillin, Effective and bares a bearded mans face in the centre

Howitzer shell, Iron Ration, WW1
A 15 inch Howitzer shell on the ground, during the First World War, with the ironic words Iron Ration painted on it. Date: 1914-1918

German ration card WWI
German bread ration card from Munich, Germany during World War I

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Victorian Scrap - army meat rations. late 19th century

British Food Rationing, First World War, 1918
Diagram showing the weekly butchers meat ration allowed for an adult (with children receiving half the amount). Rationing was introduced at the end of World War One when ships carrying food

Compo ration dump and men carrying more supplies
Lantern slide showing a compo ration dump and men carrying more supplies to it, March 1943.From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division that were given to

Meat ration distribution, Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Personnel gather round to share out the meat ration at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915

WW2 poster, British Rail catering information, with a cartoon by Fougasse. Food was rationed for British Rail, as for everyone else, and Refreshment Baskets were discontinued. circa 1940s

British and enemy civilian food supplies during WWI
Diagram showing the food rations and supplies in Britain compared with that in Germany and Austria during WW1. Date: 1918

Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. Iraq. Late Prehistoric
Early writing. Pictographs drawn. Mesopotamia. Record of food supplies. From Iraq. Late Prehistoric period. About 3000BC. Early administrative text. Cuneiform tablet. British Museum. London. England

Latvia. Second Soviet occupation (1944-1991). Ration cards
History. Latvia. Second Soviet occupation (1944-1991). Ration cards. Some dated 10.29.1944. Occupation Museum. Riga. Latvia

Cartoon, The meat card, WW1
Cartoon, The meat card. When a cook is unable to obtain seven cutlets for her employers seven dinner guests, they are all instructed to bring their own cutlet. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Playing cards, WW1
Cartoon, Playing cards. Two old men at a table in a cafe play a game of cards (piquet) with their food rationing cards, which are normally used for buying meat, bread, coal and sugar. Date: 1917

Cartoon, French street market, WW1
Cartoon, French street market. A woman and stallholder chat about the war and food rationing while a stray dog steals a fish. Date: 1917

After a meal in a British trench 1915
A peaceful pipe before another spell of duty. 1915

South Africa - Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley
Siege of Kimberley, Kimberley, near Bloemfontein, Frances Baard, Northern Cape, South Africa. Showing ration noticeboard Date: 1900

Ration cards belonging to the King and Queen during WWI
Ration cards belonging to King George V and Queen Mary during World War One Date: 1914-18

WW2 Christmas card, clothes rationing
WW2 Christmas card, comment on clothes rationing. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, The Weeks Ration
WW2 Christmas card, showing a butcher in his shop, a reproduction of a painting entitled The Weeks Ration. The verse inside reads: When we queue for our chop in the butchers shop

WW2 Christmas card, wartime restrictions
WW2 Christmas card. Whats in the Post this Morning? Rationing and other wartime restrictions. Date: circa 1942

A Ministry of Food National Ration Book - WWI
A Ministry of Food National Ration Book, dated 2/11/18 in the name William Fyffe of Rose Cottage, Kirk Street, Lochee. Book

A Ration Wagon going up to the Trenches. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1
Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion

A week of food required for the German Army, WW1
A scale drawing giving an impression of the volume of food needed to feed the German Army for one week during the First World War compared to the spires of Cologne Cathedral. Date: 1914

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"Surviving on limited resources: A glimpse into the world of rationing during WW2" During World War II, clothing coupons became a valuable currency as people had to carefully manage their wardrobes. Advertisements for Horlicks malted milk tablets in 1916 highlighted the importance of nutrition even during times of rationing. In July 1942, families received their ration books, which determined how much food they could purchase each week. Dolcis shoes advertised that shoppers could buy their products with just five precious coupons in 1941. Sugar was also strictly controlled, and individuals were allowed only two pounds per month. Ration cards played a crucial role in ensuring fair distribution and preventing hoarding during these challenging times. The scarcity extended beyond food and sugar; coffee was also heavily regulated. Desclieux Coffee Plant's advertisement showcased the struggle to obtain this beloved beverage amidst wartime restrictions. Knitting patterns from 1941 encouraged creativity by providing instructions for making garments using limited materials. This resourcefulness helped stretch available supplies while maintaining a sense of style. Even festive occasions like Christmas and birthdays were affected by rationing. WW2-themed greeting cards depicted celebrations with reminders of clothes being scarce or long queues for essential items like beeswax candles. Rationing became an integral part of daily life during WWII, forcing individuals to adapt and make do with what little they had. It serves as a reminder of resilience and unity in times of hardship.