Topic: Rationing - Publicity and Propaganda: The Great Britain Ministry of Information – Daily Press Notices and Bulletins from World War II

Creator / Contributor:: Great Britain. Ministry of Food.
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1940s
Rights - Use and Reproduction:: Public Domain
Description:: Food and clothing rationing was instituted in 1940 and continued until 1954. Every man, woman, and child in Britain received a ration book of coupons that were used to purchase rationed items.
Type:: image
Topic:: Rationing
Owning Repository:: © The National Archives (TNA)
Place Name:: Great Britain

Creator / Contributor:: Great Britain. Ministry of Information. (Creator)| Great Britain. Air Ministry (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (contributor)| Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (contributor)| Great Britain. Board of Education (contributor)| British Broadcasting Corporation (contributor)| Great Britain. Admiralty (contributor)
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1939-12-30
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Description:: Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins, No. 14: December 30, 1939
Type:: text
Topic:: Rationing
Owning Repository:: University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Source Collection Name:: UT Libraries
Place Name:: Great Britain

Creator / Contributor:: Great Britain. Ministry of Information. (Creator)| Great Britain. Air Ministry (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (contributor)| Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (contributor)| Great Britain. Board of Education (contributor)| British Broadcasting Corporation (contributor)| Great Britain. Admiralty (contributor)
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1930-12-30
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Description:: Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins, No. 14: December 30, 1939
Type:: text
Topic:: Rationing
Owning Repository:: University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Source Collection Name:: UT Libraries
Place Name:: Great Britain

Creator / Contributor:: Great Britain. Ministry of Information. (Creator)| Great Britain. Air Ministry (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. News Service (contributor)| Great Britain. Air Ministry. Air Affairs (contributor)| Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security (contributor)| Great Britain. Board of Education (contributor)| British Broadcasting Corporation (contributor)| Great Britain. Admiralty (contributor)
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1942-10-05
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Description:: Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins, No. 20: October 5, 1942
Type:: text
Topic:: Rationing
Owning Repository:: University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Source Collection Name:: UT Libraries
Place Name:: Great Britain

Creator / Contributor:: Le Bon
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1944
Rights - Use and Reproduction:: Public Domain
Description:: Food production poster extolling the benefits of growing one's own nutritious food in a time of shortage.
Type:: image
Topic:: Rationing
Place Name:: Great Britain

Creator / Contributor:: unknown.
Date Created / Date Issued:: 1943
Rights - Use and Reproduction:: Public Domain
Description:: On average, one adult’s weekly ration was 113g bacon and ham (about 4 thin slices), one shilling and ten pence worth of meat (about 227g minced beef), 57g butter, 57g cheese, 113g margarine, 113g cooking fat, 3 pints of milk, 227g sugar, 57g tea and 1 egg. Other foods such as canned meat, fish, rice, condensed milk, breakfast cereals, and biscuits, available in limited quantities on a points system. Fresh vegetables and fruit were not rationed but supplies were limited.
Type:: image
Topic:: Rationing
Place Name:: Great Britain

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