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Americans! Share the meat as a wartime necessity

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U.S. War Production Board.

Date created
1942–1945
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
Source
Original image housed by Northwestern University Library

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  • World War II on the home front: Rationing: During World War II, the United States asked citizens at home to cut back on food, fuel, shoes, and consumer goods and to turn in scrap metal, rubber, paper, and even used cooking grease for recycling. Photographs, posters, and artifacts tell the story. (Page 10)

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U.S. Government poster from World War II, announcing the rationing of meat. Poster reads:

Americans! Share the meat as a wartime necessity.

To meet the needs of our armed forces and fighting allies, a Government order limits the amount of meat delivered to stores and restaurants.

To share the supply fairly, all civilians are asked to limit their consumption of beef, veal, lamb, mutton and pork to 2½ lbs. per person per week.

Your fair weekly share:

  • Men, women and children over 12 yrs. old — 2½ Pounds per week
  • Children 6 to 12 yrs. old — 1½ Pounds per week
  • Children under 6 yrs. old — ¾ Pound per week.

You can add these foods to your share: liver, sweetbreads, kidneys, brains and other variety meats; also poultry and fish.

Help win the war! Keep within your share.