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Ration Books
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2017.010.17.007
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[ca.1942-1946] (Creation)
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2 objects : ration books ; 8.7 x 13.6 cm
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One green ration book (Book 2, belonged to John Albert Elgie) and one brown ration book (Book 4, belonged to Maggie Elgie). Each contains stamps for rationed items during World War Two. Book 2 describes items as Spare A, B or G, but in Book 4 these classes were replaced by descriptions of the actual items ie. Meat, Tea or Coffee. Some stamps are missing from each.
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The collection was collected by the late Dr. Martin J. Bass and Gail Silverman Bass and donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Gail Bass in 2018.
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Shortly after the commencement of World War Two, rationing was introduced in Canada (on January 24, 1942), to limit the use of imported food and to free up supplies for the military and their allies.
Each household filled out an application and ration books were mailed out on Monday 31 August 1942. Every family member was issued a ration book. Six different series of books were issued, however, only book one had serial numbers printed on them. Subsequent books had the same serial number, but handwritten.
Each book contained coupons for tea, coffee, and sugar, along with spares in the event that other products would be rationed.
The last Canadian ration book was issued in September 1946, with rationing formally concluding in 1947.
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"Canadian War Ration Books." Retrieved from http://www.genealogytoday.com/ca/canadian-ration-books.html