Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Woman using ration stamps at a grocery store, 1945.

The sight of a shopper handing over a ration book to the neighborhood grocer was a common one during World War II. The woman in this photograph is exchanging ration stamps for canned goods.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1945
Identifer: location E448.14 p35

Woman using ration stamps at a grocery store, 1945.