Sugar Ration Book

One of 1,473 items in the series: Charlyne Creger Collection available on this site.

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Fragment of a food ration stamp book. Charlyne Creger's signature is filled in on one side.

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1 card : ill. ; h cm.

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United States Office of Price Administration Creation Date: Unknown.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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Fragment of a food ration stamp book. Charlyne Creger's signature is filled in on one side.

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1 card : ill. ; h cm.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: WASP_01-2007-02-148
  • Government Documents No.: 16-46492-1
  • Government Documents No.: OPA Form R-362
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1164144

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

Abilene Library Consortium

Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • July 18, 2019, 8:36 p.m.

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  • Feb. 13, 2020, 12:04 p.m.

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United States Office of Price Administration. Sugar Ration Book, book, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1164144/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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