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Canadian War Museum exhibit depicting a Canadian grocery store during World War II.
“Loyal citizens do not hoard.”
“The War Measures Act, invoked in 1939, empowered Ottawa to take whatever measures the government believed necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. The federal government carefully managed the flow of information and, in 1941, imposed strict wage and price controls. Beginning in 1942, it rationed many commodities such as meat, sugar, coffee, gasoline, rubber and textiles.”
Source: www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931home_front_e....
Posted at the Lexington Candy Shop, price controls from 1952.
In the next photo over, note that in 1952 they were struggling to keep prices at 1925 levels.
Just taken this to the dry cleaner's and had to photograph the label in case it falls apart. Can't quite read the date but a bit of Googling suggests the Goods and Services (Price Control) Act was in 1941. I guess the blanket is probably post-war, though.
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