Gasoline Rationing Sticker for Automobiles, Series "C," 1941-1945
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The amount of gasoline you received during World War II depended on whether your job was essential to the war effort. Drivers received a windshield sticker and ration coupons for gasoline. Essential workers who had special occupational travel requirements, like clergy, physicians, mail carriers, or government officials, received "C" stickers.
The amount of gasoline you received during World War II depended on whether your job was essential to the war effort. Drivers received a windshield sticker and ration coupons for gasoline. Essential workers who had special occupational travel requirements, like clergy, physicians, mail carriers, or government officials, received "C" stickers.
Artifact
Sticker
Date Made
1941-1945
Subject Date
1941-10945
Creators
United States. Office of Price Administration
Creator Notes
Probably issued by the United States Office of Price Administration
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
87.135.950
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Adhesive
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Red
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 3.125 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
In center of sticker: C
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