The
Victory Home:
Fear--Inflation
Lack
of price controls and war profiteering had triggered massive inflation
during World War I, with a resulting slump following that war. The US
government feared a return of wartime inflation and instituted price
ceilings on almost everything, including food, clothing, and shelter.
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of the Northwestern University Library
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Photos
These photos are in the
National
Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.
A poster
in bold, clear letter, beside the meat counter is the easiest way for a
retailer to display his ceiling on meats, which are included among the
cost-of-living commodities in the General Maximum Price Regulation.
When Joe
Smith goes down to the barber shop (after July 1) for a haircut, shave
and shine, only the price of the shine will be controlled by OPS's
price control order.
Anna
Samet is one of hundreds of tenants of New York's East Side market
places who are cooperating with their government by displaying
prominently their price ceiling listings.
Domestic
Price Control.
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Posters
This poster is in the National
Archives ARC Digital Copies collection.
We Are
Cooperating
These posters are in the
Northwestern University Library collection. Click on the
thumbnail to see a larger image.
Farm prices
Ceiling price lists
Steady jobs
Refuse to pay more
Price on tag
Building or repairing
Cost of living
1918-1944
OPA program, graph
OPA program, chart
These
posters are in the Minneapolis
Public Library's Posters of the Second World War collection.
You can
lick runaway prices
I'm out
to lick runaway prices
An
overcharge is the same as a pay cut
Keep up the good work
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Pamphlets
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These pamphlets are in
the Central Libraries of Southern
Methodist University collection.
Inflation
How to
stop inflation
Meat
buying under price control
What
price clothing?: how to know the legal ceiling price
What
wartime price control means to you
Tire
dealers' guide to price regulations
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Ads
These ads are in the Ad*Access
collection of Duke University.
Listing of anti inflation ads
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