American Decades
World War II Ration Stamp Books
World War II Ration Stamps, Book No. 2
Booklet
By: U.S. Office of Price Administration
Date: c. 1942
Source: U.S. Office of Price Administration. World War II Ration Stamps, Book No. 2. c. 1942. Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. Available online at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html; website home page: http://lcweb2.loc.gov (accessed April 20, 2003).
"War Ration Book No. 3"
Booklet
By: U.S. Office of Price Administration
Date: c. 1942
Source: "War Ration Book no. 3." Photograph. 1940–1946. Library of Congress. Call number LC-USE6–D-010120. Available online at
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1940's Lifestyles and Social Trends Primary Sources
- "I'd Rather Not Be on Relief"
- Letter to Jesse O. Thomas
- "Yellow Men of Mars"
- "Jenny on the Job—Steps ahead with Low Heels"
- "Lead Kindly Light"
- Betty Grable Bathing Suit Pinup
- World War II Ration Stamp Books
- Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year
- A Guide for All-American Girls
- The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
- Wartime Conservation Posters
- The Fountainhead
- Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
- "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
- Levittown, New York
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
The 1940's: Primary Sources
