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"The
ABCs of Gasoline Rationing"
These photos are in the collection of the Museum of Tolerance .
Images related to gas rationing (Click on smaller images to get
larger versions.)
These photos are found at various sites on the World Wide Web.
These photos are in the Northwestern University Library collection. Click on the small image to see a larger one.
Supplemental mileage ration stamps
These photos are in the American Memory collection, America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA/OWI, 1935-1945 . Click on the small image to see a larger one.
Washington D.C. Filling
up with gas on the day before rationing.
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Washington, D.C. On
morning of July 21st, the last day before stricter gas rationing went
into effect, cars were parked in front of gas stations long before they
opened, waiting to fill their tanks on the quota of their old ration
cards. Cars were parked and left without their drivers who returned at
eight o'clock when the station on upper Wisconsin Avenue near the
District line opened.
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Pittsburgh, PA. OPA
(Office of Price Administration) lawyers hold nightly hearings for
offenders in the pleasure driving regulations. Policemen, accompanied
by OPA investigators, stop the drivers, question them. If there is any
question about their reason for driving, they are asked to appear at a
hearing that same night or any time in the next three days. Penalties
range from depriving drivers of gas ration books to warnings. The man
being sworn in was asked to appear at hearing between eight p.m. and
one a.m. within the next three days.
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This man is furious
because his gas ration book was taken away when he was caught driving
to a baseball game.
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These posters are in the Northwestern University Library collection. Click on the small image to see a larger one.
Have you really tried to save gas
Should brave men die so you can drive?
These posters are in the National Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.
We Have Gas...If You Have Legally Issued Coupons, Properly Endorsed.
X Marks The Spots that Can Get You the Gas and Tires You Need.
Don't Waste Gasoline, Rubber, Money. Share Your Car!
Share Your Car. Help Conserve Transportation.
Fill Those Empty Seats. Car Sharing is a "Must"!
Think. Sailors Have Died To Give You This Ride. Be Fair.
Fill Up That Backseat Share The Ride!
Swap Rides--Take Care of Your Tires.
#2
Schickelgruber. Only a schickelgruber drives to work alone
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This pamphlet is in the Central Libraries of Southern Methodist University collection.
Conservation of motor equipment: certificates of war necessity
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player software
to hear these clips.
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of RealPlayer
(the free "basic" version is in the upper corner on the far right) or
Windows Media Player or WinAmp .
Jack Benny, Gracie Allen, Eddie Cantor discuss gas rationing
Fibber McGee and Molly
on gas rationing, with script
You'll need to download the RealPlayer (the free "basic" version is in the upper corner on the far right) or the QuickTime software to view this video material.
This video is in the
collection of Internet
Moving Pictures Archive (at archive.org). To view, under "Stream",
click "Real" for the RealPlayer version or "QT" for the QuickTime
version.
Defense Comes First With
Oldsmobile
These ads are in the Ad*Access collection of Duke University. Click on the small image to see a larger one.
Enjoy your group riding with a radio (Motorola)
Wired for sound (Motorola)
