Rationing Collection (page 3)

Gossiping over tea (colour litho)
7151078 Gossiping over tea (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Protecting rationed food (colour litho)
7150993 Protecting rationed food (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Butcher (colour litho)
7150885 Butcher (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Butcher. Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Sketches of Army Life - Weighing Out Rations, from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, 7th May 1864 (engraving)
PNP269548 Sketches of Army Life - Weighing Out Rations, from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, 7th May 1864 (engraving) by Forbes

Potato writing (colour litho)
7151160 Potato writing (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Bacon (colour litho)
7151138 Bacon (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Seven course dinner (colour litho)
7151111 Seven course dinner (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Buying rabbit at the butcher (colour litho)
7150932 Buying rabbit at the butcher (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Bread, cheese and beer (colour litho)
7150903 Bread, cheese and beer (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century)

Margarine (colour litho)
7150894 Margarine (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme. Early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Eat Less, and let us be Thankful that we have Enough to Share with those who Fight for
7075895 Eat Less, and let us be Thankful that we have Enough to Share with those who Fight for Freedom, 1918 (colour lithograph) by Hendee, A

Are you breaking the Law? Patriotic Canadians will not hoard Food, c. 1914 (litho)
7089000 Are you breaking the Law? Patriotic Canadians will not hoard Food, c.1914 (litho) by.; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cover of "The Red Laughter", Satirical in Colours
ICA4845800 Cover of " The Red Laughter", Satirical in Colours, 1916_12_2: Civilian Day - War of 14 -18, Restaurant Cafes, Daily Life

Comic postcard, Woman eating rationed food, WW1 - Mary had a little lamb Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, couple with wartime rations, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Mary and her Little Lamb
The Caption is Mary and her little lamb. Even though the war is over rationing would continue. The little dog looking on was unlikely to get any of the meat

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Pooh - I don t stand in no queue
The Caption is Pooh! I don t stand in no queue. Rationing went on well after the war ended so queuing became a habit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wool without coupons
The Caption is Wool without coupons. Although the card was posted in 1947, the drawing is about wartime clothes rationing which did not finish until 1949. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1947

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is Out
The verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy Birthday
The ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Food Flash
The caption on the postcard is Food Flash. The girls are talking about the latest rationing news. In 1942 even sweets were rationed. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

The Sugar Line, 1917 (pencil on paper)
3087839 The Sugar Line, 1917 (pencil on paper) by Armington, Frank Milton (1876-1941); Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada; eCanadian War Museum; Canadian, out of copyright

The Butter Line, 1917 (pencil on paper)
3087838 The Butter Line, 1917 (pencil on paper) by Armington, Frank Milton (1876-1941); Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada; eCanadian War Museum; Canadian, out of copyright

Four shop workers line up for a photograph in a well-stocked grocery store. The rationing sign behind them and the royal tin suggests the photograph dates to around 1952 or 1953

Women queuing for ration books, WW2
Women queuing outside a Food Office for ration books at the beginning of the Second World War. 1939

La Baionnette, Satirical in Colours, 1916_4_6: War of 14 -18, Germany Prussia
ICA4849733 La Baionnette, Satirical in Colours, 1916_4_6: War of 14 -18, Germany Prussia, Belligerants and symbols, Bread

WWI: ration tickets for bread, butter, sugar and rice (print, c. 1914-1918)
LRI4644548 WWI: ration tickets for bread, butter, sugar and rice (print, c.1914-1918) by Anonymous; Civico Museo d Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; (add.info.: World War I: ration tickets for bread)

He will make us eat up to our boots, said the soldier of Massena
XEE4406849 He will make us eat up to our boots, said the soldier of Massena, rationnes to the exces during the siege of Genes in June 1800. Chromolithography

Steak and potatoes, only a dream, at Walsall (colour litho)
6031176 Steak and potatoes, only a dream, at Walsall (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steak and potatoes, only a dream, at Walsall)

Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939
London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing

Queueing due to reduced bus services, September 1939
Heavy queues in London due to reduced bus services to save fuel in times of spirit rationing, particularly in the mornings as people made their way to work

Poster, The effects of over-cooking and keeping hot. Vitamin value, goodness, taste go up in smoke - result is waste. 1945

Gas Rationing (engraving)
603416 Gas Rationing (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gas Rationing, information and hints for the guidance of gas consumers)

Commissarys Quarters in Winter Camp, 1876 (etching)
497607 Commissarys Quarters in Winter Camp, 1876 (etching) by Forbes, Edwin Austin (1839-95); 47.9x60.5 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Created by Forbes)

Save the Products of the Land, Eat More Fish, 1914-18 (colour litho)
1768759 Save the Products of the Land, Eat More Fish, 1914-18 (colour litho) by Bull, Charles Livingston (1874-1932); 76x52 cm; Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; eNewberry Library; American

Knitted womens cardigans 1940
Page from a magazine showing two models wearing knitted cardigans. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing, many chose to knit their own clothes as a cheaper alternative

Knitted swim wear 1940
Page from a magazine showing a model wearing a knitted bikini. Date: 1940

Two Motor Fuel Ration coupons in a booklet
Two Motor Fuel Ration coupons for a motor cycle, valid for the month of October 1947, in a booklet of coupons issued by the Minister of Fuel and Power. (2 of 3) Date: 1947

Booklet cover, Motor Fuel Ration Book for a motor cycle, September 1947 to February 1948, date stamped Woolwich SE18, 22 August 1947. (1 of 3) Date: 1947

Cartoon, Bad Form in Dress, by Rodo Pissarro, WW1
Cartoon, Bad Form in Dress, by Rodo Pissarro, First World War. Women were warned against buying extravagant clothing during the war. circa 1915

The sweet potato as a flour substitute, c. 1915 (litho)
696050 The sweet potato as a flour substitute, c.1915 (litho) by Carver, George Washington (c.1864-1943); 28.2x16.1 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Carver)

Women queue at a fruit and veg stall in London, June 1947 (b / w photo)
STC370043 Women queue at a fruit and veg stall in London, June 1947 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: from Die ersten Funfzig Jahre des XX)

Photograph from a personal album of an infantry lieutenant during the first months of
JLJ4691575 Photograph from a personal album of an infantry lieutenant during the first months of the First World War (1st, Iere)

Cover of "The Red Laughter", Satirical in Colors
ICA4847520 Cover of " The Red Laughter", Satirical in Colors, 1917_11_24: War of 14 -18: Return of permission, What do they say to Pantruche

Will you Help the Women of France? World War One poster (litho)
DHS212229 Will you Help the Women of France? World War One poster (litho) by Penfield, Edward (1866-1925); Dallas Historical Society, Texas, USA; eDallas Historical Society; American, out of copyright

American Housewife With a Ration Booklet, 1943 (screen print)
2622370 American Housewife With a Ration Booklet, 1943 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women standing in a queue for a bakery, Toulouse, c. 1940 (b / w photo)
995770 Women standing in a queue for a bakery, Toulouse, c.1940 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Women waiting in front of a bakery in Toulouse); © Tallandier

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"Rationing: A Journey through History's Scarce Resources" Poster, The Vegetabull: In times of scarcity, even vegetables become the heroes on posters encouraging rationing during World War I. Salvation Army / WWI: Amidst the chaos of war, the Salvation Army played a crucial role in distributing rations to those in need, ensuring no one went hungry. Dig for Victory poster - WWII: Gardens became battlegrounds as citizens were urged to grow their own food during World War II to alleviate pressure on rationed supplies. Christian Dior sketching a fashion design, 1948: Even haute couture felt the impact post-WWII; designers like Dior had to adapt and create within limited resources. WWII Clothing Coupons: Fashion took a backseat as clothing coupons dictated what people could purchase during wartime shortages – frugality became fashionable. Save Food Poster / WWI: Powerful imagery reminded civilians that every morsel counted during World War I – saving food meant supporting troops and winning the war. Save Food / WWI Poster: With patriotic fervor, posters urged citizens not to waste precious resources but instead contribute towards victory by conserving food supplies. Don't Waste Bread WWI: As bread symbolized sustenance and unity, campaigns against wasting it aimed at instilling responsibility among civilians during World War I. Apres la Guerre No. 3 - WWI postcard by George Ranstead: This poignant postcard captured both hope and resilience after the Great War when rationing began easing its grip on society's daily life. Wartime poster for conserving clothes and food : Striking visuals encouraged citizens to conserve both clothes and food alike as essential commodities faced scarcity due to conflict demands. Ration Book July 1942 .