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title: Two-Person Weekly Food Ration
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19124/two-person-weekly-food-ration/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-06-19
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# Two-Person Weekly Food Ration

_Authored by Imperial War Museums_

## Image File

[![Two-Person Weekly Food Ration](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19124.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19124.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing the foodstuffs two adults were entitled to during [rationing in wartime Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2491/rationing-in-wartime-britain/). There is milk, sugar, [bacon](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bacon/), cheese, butter and [chocolate](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Chocolate/). Other items were also rationed whilst bread, fruit, and vegetables were not. (Imperial [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, June 19). Two-Person Weekly Food Ration. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19124/two-person-weekly-food-ration/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "Two-Person Weekly Food Ration." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 19, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19124/two-person-weekly-food-ration/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "Two-Person Weekly Food Ration." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Jun 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19124/two-person-weekly-food-ration/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205200125) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 19 June 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.