Rationing
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Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources, goods, services, especially when scarce, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowe
Ration card in the Socialist Republic of Romania, 1989
A 1918 advertisement urges civilians to preserve their food during World War I.
First World War German government propaganda poster describing rationing with personifications of meat, bread, sugar, butter, milk, and flour, 1916
Child's ration book, used in Britain during the Second World War
Rationing in the United States was introduced in stages during World War II, with the last of the restrictions ending in June 1946. In the wake of the 1973 Oil Crisis, gas stations across the country
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Ration stamps printed, but not used, as a result of the 1973 oil crisis
The U.S. Food Administration managed the wartime supply and distribution of food, and promoted a voluntary austerity program that supported the war effort.
The U.S. Food Administration encouraged children to consume other types of grain, and not wheat cereals during World War I.
An anti-hoarding, pro-rationing poster from the United States in World War II