Name/Title
Letter to Local Rations Boards No. 44.Entry/Object ID
2008-016-018Description
A letter from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board (Rations Administration) to local Ration Boards.
This letter is about
- Renewal of temporary ration cards in the hands of American combine crews; and
- Expiry of temporary ration cards.
Physical Characteristics: The letter is on a white, legal-sized page with black typed text on the front side only. The letterhead on the top of the page is as follows:
WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD
RATION ADMINISTRATION
MONTREAL
Below the header is the date, "AUGUST 6th, 1943.", and then the title, "LETTER TO LOCAL RATION BOARDS NO. 44.", which is underlined in black. Below is a long, horizontal, black line. The body of the text has two points which are numbered 1 and 2. The first point is titled, "RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY RATION CARDS IN THE HANDS OF AMERICAN COMBINE CREWS", and the second point is titled, "EXPIRY OF TEMPORARY RATION CARDS". At the bottom of the page is the name, H. I. Ross, Deputy Administrator. The back of the page is blank.Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Length (cm): 35.1 cm
Width (cm): 21.5 cm