Collection includes 25 World War II era U.S. Ration Books issued to a Greene County, North Carolina, family and to a familly in Long Beach, California. Also included are a Fuel Oil Ration Book, 3 Mileage Ration Books and an A Gas Ration sticker. These ration books document the experience of necessities being rationed during the war, and the physical description and familial connections of the people to whom the ration books were issued. Also included are unused V Mail Stationery, and 12 pin-ups which could be mailed to U.S. soldiers during the war. An additional 18 images document an Army Day parade held in Gorizia, Italy, on April 6, 1946. This group consists primarily of photographic prints depicting military vehicles and personnel in procession, including scenes of an engineers wrecker truck, spectators lining the route of march, a two and one half ton truck transporting a tractor on a trailer, a Brockway truck, an M 24 tank of the 752d Tank Battalion, armored cars, a 105 mm howitzer with a detailed view of its recoilless mechanism, a 57 mm antitank gun, elements of the 105th Field Artillery, and the S P Shore Patrol Band.
August 15, 2025 (unprocessed), 0.10 cubic feet; Collection includes 20 World War II era U.S. Ration Books issued to Arthur G. Mangum and his family members of Walstonburg, Greene County, North Carolina. Also included are a Fuel Oil Ration Book and 3 Mileage Ration Books. Gift of Donald Alexander "Alex" Albright.
October 30, 2025 (unprocessed), 0.10 cubic feet; Collection includes five World War II era U.S. Ration Books issued to the Chandler family in Long Beach, California, an A Gas Ration sticker, unused V Mail stationery in the original wrapper, and a Military Pin Up Kit containing 10 of the original 12 pin-ups which could be mailed to U.S. soldiers during World War II. Gift of Lawrence E. Houston.
December 22, 2025 (processed), 0.25 cubic feet; Army Day Parade, Gorizia, Italy (6 April 1946) including photographic prints showing scenes of an engineers' wrecker truck, spectators along the route of march, a 2-1/2 ton truck pulling a tractor on a trailer, a Brockway truck, a M-24 tank from the 752d Tank Battalion, armored cars, a 105 mm howitzer and a detail of the recoilless mechanism from a 105 mm howitzer; the 105th Field Artillery, the S. P. [Shore Patrol ?] Band; 57 mm anti-tank gun; and an envelope from J. E. Hood & Company prescription druggists "Your Rexall Drug Store," Kinston, NC which developed the film. 19 items. Donor unknown, materials Found in Collection.
Gift of Alex Albright
Gift of Lawrence E. Houston
Found in Collection
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