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Date created
1942–1945
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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 3)

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U.S. Government poster from World War II advising Americans to conserve fuel. Poster shows a man driving a car with a shadowy Hitler in the passenger seat, with caption “When you ride alone you ride with Hitler! Join a car-sharing club today!”