Art & Inspiration thought these were cool and wanted to share.

Gas rations from the 40's. I'm sure most of you all have seen these at one time or another but these were the first ones I've ever had in my possession. I thought they were pretty cool and I'd share.







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Thanks for posting, this is the first time that I have seen them

 

I have a few of those I have picked up over the years. Another reminder of what the Greatest generation had to endure to maintain our freedom.

 

The coolest thing about them is we don't have to use them!!

 

Yeah no doubt. It is pretty cool to see though. I really like the envelop they came in with the "On To Victory America"

 

Cool. Thanks for sharing!

 

I have a few, found em in my avatar.
A lot of young people today don't even know what the "Greatest Generation" refers to.

 

Very cool. This stuff is vanishing FAST, it won't be around much longer. I'm a student of history, the memory of WW2 is fading. Few have any idea of what it was really about, sad.

 

"A lot of young people today don't even know what the "Greatest Generation" refers to."

Why, themselves, of course!

 

I had some that were my Grandfather's, along with his old chaffer's license that showed he was qualified to operate gasoline, steam and electric automobiles. I have them, somewhere (I hope.)

 

my mother was a pack rat and since I was born in 1943, I have all my ration books that weren't used in a s****book she made for me. A reminder of how things were to keep America free!

 

Something that had a great event in my life. My Grand Parents were visiting in Florida early in the war and ran out of gasoline and tire ration stamps. Having no easy way back to Pleasant Lake Indiana they purchased a chicken farm and stayed. My younger sister was having health problems in Memphis, TN and the Doctors claimed sister would not live through another winter. So Dad packed Mom my sister and I onto the train to Tarpon Springs, FL. We spent two winters there with me going to through most of the 2nd and 3rd grades. Sister is still with us and we all moved to Tampa in 1957 with me staying there for two years. In 1992 I returned to Central Florida retiring 2003. Those little stickers had a big impact on my life.

Cheers, Don

 

Thanks for sharing, They sure are in good shape.

 

Cool, my grandad had a full A ration book at one time, I don't know what ever happened to it. I always thought that if you were building a war era car that a gas ration book or some tickets would be cool to lay on the seat or dash for the lookyloos.

Anyway pretty cool memorabilia.

 

Yeah, in this day and age, somebody would probably steal them. There was a company in Iowa that made a model of my vintage dirt car (it was quite famous in the midwest in the '60's) that was a reasonable facsimile. I bought 3 of them , and used to display one on the air cleaner at shows. I don't do that anymore, because I have only 1 left.

 

Nice car and you are probably correct.

They are probably only of value to someone who collects stuff like that but someone would snag 'em because they would think that they were of value even though they wouldn't know why.

 

Awhile back there was a garbage collection strike in New York City. One New Yorker found a perfect solution. Each morning, he would pack up his garbage in a brown paper sack, tie it with string, and leave it on the p***enger seat with the door unlocked. Every afternoon when he got in his car for the trip home, the package would be gone. People will steal anything that's not nailed down, and often even those items than are relatively secure. Sorry for your loss.

 

Hey those are from ND! A lot of people don't know but pickups got more gas rations than cars. And apparently "pickup" was a loose term so many sedans up here were shortened into a pickup cab and coupes had the decklid removed and a box built inside so they qualified for more gas ration coupons. Random fact of the day.

 

Yup...unfortunately, these days people 'pick up' things if they see an opportunity....I learned the hard way about leaving things on the dash unattended...kind of amazes me, but guess that's common nowadays...I just don't 'advertise' anything anymore without it being bolted down...kind of a bummer, because I respect other peoples property....just kind of leaves me shakin' my head-----------In Oregon, during WWII....my grandfather had to also use ''Rubber Ration'' books....he would save up his stamps and purchase ''used'' tires with them for his trucks!...threadbare and very worn, but the war effort didn't give 'new' tires to the public, so they were valued...I still have one of those stamp books...kinda cool, and the merit they all went thru' on the home-front!

 

More nostalgia. Sugar rations, tire certs to go with gas rationing, and a War Ration Book all fitting into a nice leatherette holder. Everyone had a book, even babies.

 

Wow....what a reminder of what that generation endured....never....I repeat....never happen today!

 

I Just found a set of War Ration Book No. 3 [about 1943 going by the ages of the people] and a set of War Ration Book Four, in a two pouch Ration Book Holder..By a set there is one for each member of the family, in this case it was a book each for my father, mother ,brother [age 5], sister [14 months] but not me cause I wasn't around till 48'..Book No.3 the stamps are of tanks, boats, airplanes so I ***ume for gas, oil, transportation type items; Book Four the stamps are Wheat, Liberty Torch, Coffee, Sugar, and Spare so I guess for foods, clothing, etc.. The books are six pages and relatively full, some have two pages used but most are missing only a page or so....At that time my mother was 36 and my father was 45 and they must of been pretty frugal as having gone through the depression plus my father was a full time vegetable farmer which probably gave him rationing items that others had to do with out or little..But judging by the fullness of the books they must have been pretty self sufficient, my mother did a lot of baking, canning etc...When I was a little kid there were still remnants of the canned goods, balls of tin and aluminum being saved for the s**** drives....Also found a recept for a 32' B engine for $250.00 in 1936', seems like alot for back then..Telephone number for the Auto Parts yard was only four numbers!

 

Wow those are really cool. Thanks for sharing. They are in good shape too.

 

My mother used to tell me a story of how difficult it was to get a replacement tire for her car; new, recapped, or even used. Lost her two years ago at 93. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

Just dug out books 1,3 &4 for my dad and mom. He p***ed some time ago, my mom turned 98 in Dec. Her brothers joined up right after Pearl Harbor, she went to work for the Navy Dept in DC, then Philly. Long trip for a young irl from M***. Still pretty smart, too.