Book, ration
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/historicalartifact485
- Fonds / Collection
- B.M.Vittery Collection
- Artist / Maker
- The Wartime Prices and Trade Board
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940s
- Description
- Ration book issued to Emma Wackenroder; inside, remenants of 2 used pages of coupons, four un-used pages, and a page with 4 coupons left.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum
- Fonds / Collection
- B.M.Vittery Collection
- Artist / Maker
- The Wartime Prices and Trade Board
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Accession Number
- 1999.006.007
- Date Range From
- 1940s
- Origin - Country
- Canada
- Origin - Province / Territory
- British Columbia
- Narrative
- Ration books were used during World War II, and continued after the war ended; used for buying groceries.
- Subject Access
- World War II
- Artifact Category
- Communication Artifacts: Exchange Medium
- Description
- Ration book issued to Emma Wackenroder; inside, remenants of 2 used pages of coupons, four un-used pages, and a page with 4 coupons left.
- Width
- 8.5
- Length
- 13.6
- Depth
- 0.1
- Material
- Paper, ink, metal
- Colour
- Light brown, black; inside: red, green, blue, brown, black, grey.
- Marks / Labels
- "Ration Book 1, Serial Number VR 411494, Dominion of Canada; Name: Wackenroder, Emma; Address: 6926 Cypress, Vancouver; Issued by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board".
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum