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- Woman identified as Fern Hansen shops for food holding a point card in one hand. "The point system maintained government control over rationing, but at the same time allowed the consumer a reasonable amount of control over her family's diet ... the point values were periodically reevaluated and changed accordingly, for instance in 1943 the OPA [Office of Price Administration] lowered the point value of peaches to encourage increased consumption of that summer's bumper crop of the fruit," from "Food in the USA: a reader," by Carole Counihan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1943-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Woman identified as Fern Hansen shops for food holding a point card in one hand. "The point system maintained government control over rationing, but at the same time allowed the consumer a reasonable amount of control over her family's diet ... the point values were periodically reevaluated and changed accordingly, for instance in 1943 the OPA [Office of Price Administration] lowered the point value of peaches to encourage increased consumption of that summer's bumper crop of the fruit," from "Food in the USA: a reader," by Carole Counihan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1943-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Woman identified as Fern Hansen shops for food holding a point card in one hand. "The point system maintained government control over rationing, but at the same time allowed the consumer a reasonable amount of control over her family's diet ... the point values were periodically reevaluated and changed accordingly, for instance in 1943 the OPA [Office of Price Administration] lowered the point value of peaches to encourage increased consumption of that summer's bumper crop of the fruit," from "Food in the USA: a reader," by Carole Counihan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1943-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- Woman identified as Fern Hansen shops for food holding a point card in one hand. "The point system maintained government control over rationing, but at the same time allowed the consumer a reasonable amount of control over her family's diet ... the point values were periodically reevaluated and changed accordingly, for instance in 1943 the OPA [Office of Price Administration] lowered the point value of peaches to encourage increased consumption of that summer's bumper crop of the fruit," from "Food in the USA: a reader," by Carole Counihan.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1943-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City