rationing production poster, Rationing means a fair share for all of us
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920196-138
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
United States Government Printing Office
Office of Price Administration - Date Made 1943
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - United States of America
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Advertising medium
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/01/01
- Latest 1943/12/31
- Inscription WITHOUT RATIONING Rationing means a fair share for all of us WITH RATIONING Office of Price Administration Washington, D.C. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943-O-514175
- Medium ink
- Support paper
- Materials Not applicable
- Measurements Height 70.8 cm, Width 55.6 cm
- Caption Wage and Price Controls Are Enacted to Manage the Wartime Economy - image caption
- Additional Information American Rationing Poster
- Caption Wage and Price Controls Are Enacted to Manage the Wartime Economy - image credit
- Additional Information CWM, 19920196-138
- Caption Wage and Price Controls Are Enacted to Manage the Wartime Economy
- Additional Information Established in September 1939, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board was tasked with managing inflation and labour relations during the war. Its powers were increased in 1941. The board became part of the Department of Finance, and was responsible for a price freeze and the stabilization of wages, as announced by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The board was administered by experienced businessmen, and relied on advertising campaigns urging restraint. During the war, the board managed to keep price hikes at 2.8 percent.