Rationing Collection (page 8)

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

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

Celanese fabric advert, 1941
Celanese fabric advert in wartime, 1941, featuing a glamorous, slightly coy woman in a Celanese nightdress. " See its Celanese and your coupons will go further. " Date: 1941

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

Menu Card for Claridges Restaurant - just after WW2 with rationing still in force, however Lobster is (thankfully..) still on the menu!!! 11th March 1946. Date: 1946

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

Oatmeal on Scales
Oatmeal is a valuable addition to your everyday diet. It may be used in place of a proportion of the flour in most of your favourite recipies, scones, pastry etc. Date: 1940s

Celanese Nightgown 1944
A glamorous yet inexpensive nightgown in Celeanese artificial silk, makes good use of coupons. This model has a softly gathered bodice, gored skirt & ribbon bow trim Date: 1944

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

Modelling utility fashions
Four girls modelling utility fashions during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Utility travelling coat, 1941
Advertisement for a Utility coat in Llama, camel or tweed, manufactured by Harris Cohen of Oxford Street and available from leading fashion stores around the country. Date: 1941

Celanese utility slip, 1943 - WWII fashion
Advertisement for Utility lingerie made from Celanese, 1943. Date: 1943

Utility floral coverall, 1943 - WWII fashion
A Utility coverall from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, one of a variety available in many materials and colours. Coveralls protected clothing

Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashion
A pair of bib and braces (dungarees) for women in navy drill, part of a range of Utility clothing available from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, procured for three coupons

Utility coat, 1942
A coat of soft dove grey piped with scarlet featuring broad shoulders, loose sleeves and useful pockets - part of a number of examples of Utility models exhibition at the International Wool

Communal Kitchens, WWI by Will Owen
Cartoon by Will Owen, a humorous comment on the rise of the communal kitchen, introduced during the First World War as a way of providing war workers and the poor with nourishing meals

Wartime Hunting - a day with the suburban hounds (rationing)
Humorous drawing by H. H. Harris commenting on rationing in Britain in 1918 using the metaphor of hunting. Lord Rhondda, who served as Food Controller, is Master of the Hounds

Food Economy Campaign, WWI - Canning Apples
Women canning apples on the home front during the First World War. In 1917, prior to rationing, a food economy campaign urged the public to save food and cook frugally. 1917

Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks out
Cartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918

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, looking forward to peacetime. Date: circa 1942

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

Romance - 1917 by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Darling, every potato that I have is yours" (Engaged). Cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a couple locked in an embrace having agreed to get engaged

Graphic front cover - Sir Arthur Yapp
Sir Arthur Yapp (1869-1936), Deputy President of the YMCA and Director of Food Economy during the First World War. Responsible for encouraging the nation towards frugal

WW1 Oxo advertisement
Advertisement for Oxo suggesting Oxo and potato cakes as a delicious (and economical) luncheon during the First World War. Date: 1918

Mr Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette with gas container, WW1
Ex-Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette motor car equipped with the Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof

Typical menu at a communal kitchen, WW1
A blackboard showing a typical menu at a communal kitchen in 1918. Communal and National Kitchens were established to help combat food shortages during the First World War by catering in bulk

J C Vickery sugar boxes, WW1 rationing
Advertisement for J. C. Vickery and their silver sugar boxes, a convenient receptacle for taking sugar to restaurants and cafes when rationing came into force during the latter stages of the First

Rationing of Food, February 1918, WW1
Page from The Sphere reporting on the introduction of food rationing of meat and butter in London and Home Counties on 25 February 1918

Restaurant restrictions during WW1
Article from The Sphere demonstrating the new wartime lunch and dinner restrictions put in place in restaurants and hotels

The first National Kitchen, WW1
The first National Kitchen in Britain, opened on 21 May 1917 by Queen Mary. The National Kitchens were opened during the First World War to provide one solution to food shortages

Great Food Demonstration on Embankment, London, WW1
A procession organised by the National Union of Railwaymen who marched to Hyde Park in order to demonstrate against rising food prices during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Food shortages, WW1
London society finds that the only topic of conversation in 1918 is food, rationing and what there is available to eat. An illustration by Annie Fish to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in

Eve talks to Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, WW1
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, lectures Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller during the latter part of the First World War, on the fact that his economy campaign

Society dinner party in wartime, WW1
Illustration to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in The Tatler, showing a society dinner party, with guests wrapped in furs against the cold

Allinson wholemeal bread advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Allinson wholemeal bread from the First World War, a period when the nation was encouraged to eat wholemeal, rather than white, bread. Date: 1918

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

Lord and Lady Rhondda
David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856-1918), Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician who served at Food Controller at the Ministry of Food towards the end of the First World War

War Time Pudding with Oxo, 1918
Advertisement for Oxo from the First World War, suggesting that the versatile stock cube could help out your meat ration. A new Oxo dish prepared by an unidentified celebrated chef

Baking your own bread, WW1
First World War advertisement from the British Commercial Gas Association, suggesting that, with the reduction in the number of bakers throughout the country

The Food Problem, WW1 cartoon by Fish
Professor of Economics (to Hostess): Pardon! - my bread, I believe. Polite society begin to squablle over portions as food shortages take hold in the latter part of the First World War. Date: 1917

Advert for Kooksjoie range cooker 1918
Kooksjoie range cooker, from the London Warming and Ventilating Co. Ltd, a behemoth of a thing, whose manufacturers promise it consumes just half a ton of coal per month

Weekly food ration for one person 1946
Weekly rationed food post Second World War in Britain. Bread and vegetables where unrationed, tins where obtained by points. Date: 1946

Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided

Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. Davis
Petrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August

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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 .