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PI28107
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Empty shelves in grocery store, Seattle, 1942
Order an ImageLimited quantities and empty shelves were not unusual during World War II. Consumer products rationing was in effect throughout the country with each family receiving ration coupon books for such items as butter, sugar, meat, coffee, and tobacco. Here a shopper makes her selection from a dwindling supply of canned goods.
Handwritten on negative: Food rationing - empty shelves.
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - rationing - food.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 31, 1942.
Handwritten on negative: Food rationing - empty shelves.
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - rationing - food.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 31, 1942.
ID Number: PI28107
Date: 1942
Physical Description: 1 safety film negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. ; stained
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI28107
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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