Got this book sometime ago, i actually collect allot of military items Just wanted to see if this was popular ? there for sure cool
Fats were used to make glycerin. The collection of used fats was used more to keep women busy in the war effort than for actually being used to produce glycerin. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...-bacon-into-bombs-during-world-war-ii/360298/
The stamps marked “Spare” were not for tires. Read about the meaning here...http://www.ericjackson.com/images/INV-229447.pdf
Spare tires were required to be sold to the government at $.20 per tire. Book Five is the scarcest. Anyone interested in rationing material should check out the Ration Token Collectors Society.
I have somewhere in my late mother's stuff, A little bit of the books she used. Since beer was rationed and scarce. the wives of men who were still working ( usually past age) would gather at the distribution site and strip the truck in a very short time.
I have a few from family and friends. They make me think what a time that was. Coupons to purchase every day products and staples we take for granted. I was raised by parents who grew up during the great depression and lived through WWII. My mother would scrape pots and dishes of every last crumb. She explained that you didn’t know if you would have enough money to buy more or if there would be any more to buy. I emptied a packed house of an estate. I found a tub of tobacco saved from cigarette butts, a large tin of slivers of soap saved from bars, a large box of female stockings and of course rationing books. That really made me pause. I had an aunt born in 1918. She said people wish for the good old days. Nonsense! There was nothing good about the old days. These are the good days.
I wasn’t actually talking about you @mpcusa. I was pointing out a CT thread about the exact same topic with the exact same photos started by you in 2016.
