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Keep the home front pledge : pay no more than ceiling prices, pay your points in full.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Description: Color poster promoting compliance with food conservation and price control programs. A young blond woman in an apron raises her hand to take a pledge. By her shoulder is a small inset box featuring a graphic image of a hand carrying a food basket, with the slogan, "Food Fights for Freedom". Additional captions contained in this inset are "Produce and Conserve" and "Share and Play Square".
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Protect them : don't pay over ceiling prices.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Description: Black & white photograph of a hand clutching a savings account deposit envelope and a $25 savings bond. The photograph is superimposed on a green circle.
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Stamp out black markets --with your ration stamps : pay no more than legal prices.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Description: A giant thumb presses down on a ration stamp squashing a man. The man is depicted in green and is scowling.
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38 ways to cut costs in the manufacture and sale of consumers' durable goods.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Description: Published with the aim of aiding manufacturers operating under war-time price regulations to provide relief from economic hardships resulting from them. Contains specific suggestions for different economic situations.
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An overcharge is the same as a pay cut : report overcharges to the OPA.
Date: 1945
Creator: Robbins.
Description: A coin with a pie-portion of its value removed, lies in an open hand.
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Rationing means a fair share for all of us.
Date: 1943
Creator: Roese, Herbert.
Description: Cartoon scenes at a butcher shop with and without rationing. In the "without rationing" scene, an older woman leaves the butcher shop with many packages, while a second woman buys only one meat chop. In the "with rationing" scene, each woman leaves the shop with ration book in hand, smiling and carrying the same amount of meat.
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Have you really tried to save gas by getting into a car club?
Date: 1944
Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982.
Description: Close-up of a soldier's face. He wears a helmet which is unstrapped. A white bandage can be seen on his forehead under the helmet. Blood drips down the side of his face from the bandage to his jaw.
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