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4. My daughter has my mother's ration coupon book.

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2025, 03:46 PM

May 2025

My father was in the Navy (Pacific - Iwo Jima) and I remember my mom taking us on the bus to Newark, N,J. to the O.P.A. (Office of Price Administration.) to get an increase in stamps.

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Regarding pricing at the stores I have [View all] moniss May 2025 OP

Reminds me of when my uncle died underpants May 2025 #1

Thanks for the memory about the ration book moniss May 2025 #2

A while after my Dad died EverHopeful May 2025 #3

My daughter has my mother's ration coupon book. 3Hotdogs May 2025 #4

Yes indeed I remember moniss May 2025 #6

Office of Price Administration underpants May 2025 #10

I'll give you an even stranger one. At the beginning of the FDR administration, there was an attempt at price 3Hotdogs May 2025 #12

God Story ProfessorGAC May 2025 #5

After the war I worked Codifer May 2025 #7

I knew people who had wads and wads moniss May 2025 #8

Thanks for sharing this tory - I love stories about days gone by. n/t iluvtennis May 2025 #9

Well, we never did that DFW May 2025 #11