Book, ration
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/historicalartifact490
- Fonds / Collection
- B.M.Vittery Collection
- Artist / Maker
- Ration Administration- The Wartime Prices and Trade Board
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940s
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum
- Fonds / Collection
- B.M.Vittery Collection
- Artist / Maker
- Ration Administration- The Wartime Prices and Trade Board
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Accession Number
- 1999.006.013
- 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. Commodities were rationed during World War II due to supply shortage and also to prevent overbuying of essential goods.
- Subject Access
- World War II
- Artifact Category
- Communication Artifacts: Exchange Medium
- Width
- 8.6
- Length
- 13.3
- Depth
- 0.2
- Material
- Paper, ink, metal
- Colour
- Orange, black
- Marks / Labels
- "Prefix and Serial Number: VR-411493; Name: Wackenroder, Henry; Street Address: 6926 Cypress, Vancouver, BC; Ration Book 6"
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum