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Americans had their food rationed during World War II, so people had to be creative. This led to the creation of new products ...
From Revolutionary War veterans who settled in Northeast Ohio to a local soldier who commanded artillery against Nazi Germany, an exhibit from the Geauga County Historical Society is showcasing ...
During World War II, around 5 million women worked in the defense industry and other sectors, according to the Defense Department site, and another 350,000 served in uniform. "Rosie and the real women ...
The book, authored by Mary M. Cronin and Bruce Berman, is titled, “Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s World War II Photography.” ...
MUSKEGON: On Saturday, July 5, the Muskegon Heritage Museum of Business and Industry invites visitors to step back into the 1940s and experience life on the home front during World ...
In the popular imagination, the 1940s were dominated by sacrifice at home and violence abroad as World War II raged on. But at a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, curators aim to ...
In April 1940, he was appointed Minister of Food and established the rationing system. The aptly named Woolton pie was a popular, vegetable-based pastry dish widely consumed in Britain during WW2.
Tasty and nostalgic, this parcel embodies the wartime "make do and mend" spirit and shows how a 49p tin and a potato could feed a family in austere times. 04:00, Wed, May 7, 2025 In honour of VE ...
For those who know little about World War II, there’s an explanation of the Axis of Power that Americans rose to challenge. Display explains the Axis powers in WWII. The walls are plastered with ...
Eggs were heavily rationed in the UK during WWII. A quarter of the country’s eggs were shipped over from America during that time, and often arrived spoiled.
A delicious cake in one hand, a page of rationing stamps in the other. Swans Down cake flour was a product of the Igleheart Brothers Mills of Evanston, Indiana created in 1894. It has since been ...
For several years after World War II ended, the British government continued to ration certain foodstuffs, including eggs, dairy products and sugar. This not only popularized resourceful recipes ...