World War Two Ration Book

Object/Artifact

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Florida Keys History & Discovery Center

Ration Tokens: Two blue tokens and five red tokens. The blue tokens were used to purchase canned goods while the red tokens were used to buy meat, eggs, or dairy products.
Ration Tokens

Two blue tokens and five red tokens. The blue tokens were used to purchase canned goods while the red tokens were used to buy meat, eggs, or dairy products.

Name/Title

World War Two Ration Book

Entry/Object ID

2017.114.0022

Description

Brown leather folding book with a sticker that says "WW-II Ration Books" and embosses on the book is "War Ration/ Books and Tokens". Inside the book is two pouches, one that says blue and the other that says red. There is heavy damage along the edges of the book and a rubber band appears to have been wrapped around the book and melted to it. Alongside the book was two blue tokens and five red tokens as well as 13 ration booklets assigned to different people at different times for different goods.

Use

Used during World War Two to ration goods and materials that were used heavily in the war effort like oil, steel, and food.

Context

Collected by local researcher, Jerry Wilkinson

Collection

Jerry Wilkinson Papers

Cataloged By

Randy Greeves

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Jerry Wilkinson Research Library

Date

July 25, 2022

Inventory

Inventoried By

Randy Greeves

Inventoried Date

Jul 25, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Jul 25, 2022

Examined By

Randy Greeves

Created By

cwiggins171207@troy.edu

Create Date

July 25, 2022

Updated By

cwiggins171207@troy.edu

Update Date

July 25, 2022