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Laura R. Daly, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Laura R. Daly, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Pric...

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Philip Weltner, Assistant Director, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Philip Weltner, Assistant Director, Office of Price Administration (OP...

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Oliver Peterson. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Oliver Peterson. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Pr...

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Rolf Nugent, associate price executive, Auto and Truck Section, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Rolf Nugent, associate price executive, Auto and Truck Section, Office...

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Mr. Eugene R. Guinter. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Eugene R. Guinter. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office...

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Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Div...

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George W. Doffing, Price Executive, Fuel Section, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

George W. Doffing, Price Executive, Fuel Section, Office of Price Admi...

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Mr. Thomas Fansler. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Thomas Fansler. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of...

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John F. Corwin, Acting Chief, Plastics Unit, Chemical Section, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

John F. Corwin, Acting Chief, Plastics Unit, Chemical Section, Office ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. John Kenneth Gailbraith, assistant administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply, Office of Emergency Management. Dr. Galbraith is an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University

Dr. John Kenneth Gailbraith, assistant administrator, Office of Price ...

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Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply

Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administ...

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John E. Hamm. Deputy Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply

John E. Hamm. Deputy Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OP...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Mary Hawes. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Mary Hawes. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Pr...

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Mr. William H. Conley. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. William H. Conley. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office...

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Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Div...

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And, in the end, all points must flow back to the OPA (Office of Price Administration) to be accounted for. Every buyer of foods under this program must give points for them. And in every case the primary distributor--such as the slaughterer, cheese or butter manufacturer, fish canner, refiner of edible fats or oils and many processors--must give the Office of Price Administration an account of sales and turn over points received

And, in the end, all points must flow back to the OPA (Office of Price...

Miss Edith L. Christenson. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Edith L. Christenson. Field representative, Consumer Division, Of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Buy Coal Now" poster. As part of a national campaign urging consumers to buy coal now to help clear the way for heavy war shipments later, the above poster is being sent to railroads, wholesale and retail coal dealers, and various public and private agencies. The poster was prepared by the Consumer Division of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) and the U.S. Bituminous Coal Consumer's Council

"Buy Coal Now" poster. As part of a national campaign urging consumers...

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Miss. Dorothy I. Cline. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss. Dorothy I. Cline. Field representative, Consumer Division, Offic...

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Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administrationn (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

John E. Young, Industrial Specialist, Price Division, Fuel Section, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

John E. Young, Industrial Specialist, Price Division, Fuel Section, Of...

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Eugene Szepesi, Principal, Business Specialist and Consultant, Textiles, Leather and Apparel Section, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Eugene Szepesi, Principal, Business Specialist and Consultant, Textile...

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Left: Helen Barnard, research assistant, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Right: Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relation Section of the Consumer Division, OPA

Left: Helen Barnard, research assistant, Consumer Division, Office of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Loretta Vrooman, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Loretta Vrooman, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Pr...

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Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administrationn (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

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Miss Helen Gregory. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Helen Gregory. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the chief, Consumer Contacts Section, Consumer Division, Office for Price Administration (OPA). Former association: instructor in Consumer Problems, San Mateo Junior College; author, lecturer. Right: Jean Holmes, clerical assistant, Consumer Division, OPA. Former association: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the chief, Consumer Contacts Sectio...

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Ben W. Lewis, chief economist, Consumer Division, Office for Price Administration (OPA). Former association: Professor of Economics, Oberlin College; chief economist, Consumer Counsel Division, U.S. Department of Interior

Ben W. Lewis, chief economist, Consumer Division, Office for Price Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Frances Williams. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Frances Williams. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of P...

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Edgar S. Kaufmann, Consultant on Distribution Problems for the Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Edgar S. Kaufmann, Consultant on Distribution Problems for the Office ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

May Thompson Evans, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

May Thompson Evans, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of...

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Miss Genoeffa Mizzardini. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Genoeffa Mizzardini. Field representative, Consumer Division, Off...

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Mrs. Bertha Adams Mulvey. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mrs. Bertha Adams Mulvey. Field representative, Consumer Division, Off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Karl Borders, Chief, Rent Section, Price Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Karl Borders, Chief, Rent Section, Price Division, Office of Price Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ben W. Lewis, chief economist, Consumer Division, National Office for Price Administration (OPA). Former association: Professor of Economics, Oberlin College; chief economist, Consumers Counsel Division, U.S. Department of Interior

Ben W. Lewis, chief economist, Consumer Division, National Office for ...

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Mrs. Beryl Smith Gridley. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mrs. Beryl Smith Gridley. Field representative, Consumer Division, Off...

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Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply

Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administ...

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Clarence W. Farrier, Assistant Director, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Clarence W. Farrier, Assistant Director, Office of Price Administratio...

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Mr. Samuel Jacobs. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Samuel Jacobs. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leon Henderson, administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA): director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board

Leon Henderson, administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA): d...

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Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the Chief, Consumer Contacts Section, Consumer Division, Office for Price Administration (OPA). Former association: instructor in Consumer Problems, San Mateo Junior College; author, lecturer.

Left: Loda Mae Davis, assistant to the Chief, Consumer Contacts Sectio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. John W. Edelman. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. John W. Edelman. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office o...

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Mr. Justin Stewart. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Justin Stewart. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Ervin G. Stier, Automobile Section, Price Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Ervin G. Stier, Automobile Section, Price Division, Office of Pric...

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J. Charles Laue, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

J. Charles Laue, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Pr...

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Karl Borders, Chief, Rent Section, Price Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Karl Borders, Chief, Rent Section, Price Division, Office of Price Adm...

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Miss Margaret H. Collins. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Margaret H. Collins. Field representative, Consumer Division, Off...

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Miss Harriet Elliot, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administration (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliot, associate administrator of the Office of Price Ad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mabelle B. Blake. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mabelle B. Blake. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of P...

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Mrs. Edith W. Rennecker. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mrs. Edith W. Rennecker. Field representative, Consumer Division, Offi...

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Joseph L. Weiner. Assistant Administrator in Charge of Civilian Allocation of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply

Joseph L. Weiner. Assistant Administrator in Charge of Civilian Alloca...

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The victory on the household front. The above poster, designed by the Consumer Division of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) , is being used as part of the national campaign to conserve materials which are no longer available or have become scarce as a result of war conditions

The victory on the household front. The above poster, designed by the ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administration (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Admini...

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Sunie Steele, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Sunie Steele, Field Representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price...

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Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Price Administration)

Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Pric...

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Mr. Oregon B. Helfrich, Chemical, Bolvent Unit, Price Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Mr. Oregon B. Helfrich, Chemical, Bolvent Unit, Price Division, Office...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Gladys Baker. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Miss Gladys Baker. Field representative, Consumer Division, Office of ...

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Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Price Administration)

Dan A. West, deputy director of Consumer Division, OPA (Office of Pric...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Left: Helen Barnard, research assistant, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Right: Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relation Section of the Consumer Division, OPA

Left: Helen Barnard, research assistant, Consumer Division, Office of ...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price Administrationn (OPA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), in charge of the Consumer Division

Miss Harriet Elliott, associate administrator of the Office of Price A...

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Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Div...

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Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in Charge of the Consumer Div...

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Mr. Thomas E. Milliman, Food and Chemical Section Price Division, Office of Production Administration (OPA)

Mr. Thomas E. Milliman, Food and Chemical Section Price Division, Offi...

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Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense: Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Nesbitt, took the "Consumer Pledge for Total Defense" drafted by Miss Harriet Elliott. The pledge reads: "As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, my country ready, efficient, and strong; I will buy carefully. I will take good care of the things I have. I will waste nothing"

Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Washington, D.C., September 2, 1941. Seated left to right: Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to the President, supervising lend-lease Program; William S. Knudsen, Director-General of the Office of Production Management (OPM); Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, and Chairman of the Board; Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director of the Board and Director of the Priorities Division, OPM. Standing, left to right: James V. Forrestal, Undersecretary of the Navy (who was present in place of Secretary Frank Knox, out of town on this day and unable to be present); Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War (sitting in for Secretary of War Stimson, who was unable to attend); Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director of the Civilian Supply Division, OPMt; Sidney Hillman, Associate-Director of Labor Division, OPM

The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Wash...

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Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relation Section of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relat...

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Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense: Harriet Elliott, Associate Administrator in charge of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA). Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Nesbitt, took the "Consumer Pledge for Total Defense" drafted by Miss Harriet Elliott. The pledge reads: "As a consumer, in the total defense of democracy, my country ready, efficient, and strong; I will buy carefully. I will take good care of the things I have. I will waste nothing"

Left to right: Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, White House housekeeper; Mrs. R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Left to right: the buyer Al Gerson is shown handing over purchase price in war bonds to the seller, Frederick G. Zander, as Ben Taft, second from left, auto salvage inspector of the automobile graveyard section and another War Production Board (WPB) official look on. Group of Office of Price Administration (OPA) officials with buyer and seller of 15 buses for scrap metal in a Long Island, New York parking lot

Left to right: the buyer Al Gerson is shown handing over purchase pric...

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The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Washington, D.C., September 2, 1941. Seated left to right: Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to the President, supervising lend-lease Program; William S. Knudsen, Director-General of the Office of Production Management (OPM); Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, and Chairman of the Board; Donald M. Nelson, Executive Director of the Board and Director of the Priorities Division, OPM. Standing, left to right: James V. Forrestal, Undersecretary of the Navy (who was present in place of Secretary Frank Knox, out of town on this day and unable to be present); Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War (sitting in for Secretary of War Stimson, who was unable to attend); Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director of the Civilian Supply Division, OPMt; Sidney Hillman, Associate-Director of Labor Division, OPM

The first meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Wash...

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Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relation Section of the Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration (OPA)

Caroline F. Ware, head of Program Materials Unit of the Consumer Relat...

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Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leon Henderson, Administrator, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Director, Civilian Supply Division of the Office of Production Management (OPM), member of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board; conferring in Washington, D.C. September 12, 1941. The chart on the table is a distribution and supply chart. While called together for the purpose of having a picture made, Messrs, Henderson and Nelson seized upon the opportunity to have what they termed "their first real conference in days"

Donald M. Nelson (left), Chairman, War Production Board (WPB), and Leo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Posed photograph at a department store in Philadelphia, with volunteer woman investigator checking for Office of Price Administration's (OPA) enforcement agency prices of lingerie and hosiery

Posed photograph at a department store in Philadelphia, with volunteer...

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Henderson rally. Office of Price Administration (OPA) training program for price control (first meeting), December 1, 1942. Auditorium, Social Security Building, Washington, D.C.

Henderson rally. Office of Price Administration (OPA) training program...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) with Leon Henderson, Administrator, in Washington, D.C. just prior to Mr. Henderson's retirement from office. Seated, left to right, J.K. Galbraith, Mr. Henderson, John E. Hamm, David Ginsburg. Standing, left to right, Dexter M. Keezer, Paul M. O'Leary, Paul A. Porter, Edward N. Hay, Robert W. Horton

Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA) volunteer headquarters in Nyack

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it is easily read, this poster illustrates the correct method for displaying ceiling price items on the Office of Price Administration's (OPA) cost-of-living commodity list, established for all goods essential to the daily requirements of the average family. These lists must clearly identify each item, stating size or quantity and ceiling price

Price control. Anti-inflation window display. Well designed because it...

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War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meeting of the newly formed War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. The committee consists of representatives of light government agencies concerned with the sugar problem. The committee was formed to exchange information and to recommend and formulate programs for the correlation of the activities of the various agencies concerned with the sugar problem. A. E. Bowman, Chief of the War Production Board Sugar Section is Committee Chairman. He is seated in the center. Other members are from left to right: Philip Nichols, War Production Board attorney, who is secretary of the Committee; J. E. Brunner, War Shipping Administration; F. H. Rawls, U.S. Department of Commerce; J. H. Westing, Office of Price Administration (OPA); S. H. Sabin, Defense Supplies Corp.; Guy J. Swope, Department of the Interior; L. Duggan, State Department; and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt, Department of Agriculture

War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meet...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used to ration sugar, issued today by the Office of Price Administration (OPA). Each stamp will be used to purchase a quantity of sugar still to be determined. When the sugar ration plan goes into effect, a specific stamp will be designed for use each week. Books under the direction of local rationing boards. Printing of the books will start next week

First war ration book. Facsimile of war ration book no. 1 to be used t...

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Price control. Auto repairs. Automobile repairing is one of the services controlled by Office of Price Administration (OPA) price ceilings because an actual commodity is involved

Price control. Auto repairs. Automobile repairing is one of the servic...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (OPA) enforcement agency in Philadelphia, one of three cities selected in a test drive to discover violations of rationing and ceiling prices, in a department store checking prices of women's apparel. All investigators were required to fill out reports, regardless whether violations were uncovered or not. A number of complaints against law violations in three test cities resulted from the surprise investigation

Volunteer woman investigator for the Office of Price Administration (O...

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Shining up an administrator. Office of Price Administration (OPA) Leon Henderson gets a shine from one of the first businessmen in the country to comply with the new maximum price regulations. Howard Rae Lynch, fourteen, posted his ceiling prices on June 23, 1942, eight days in advance of the effective date for ceilings on consumer services

Shining up an administrator. Office of Price Administration (OPA) Leon...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteers who check and post ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

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War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meeting of the newly formed War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. The committee consists of representatives of light government agencies concerned with the sugar problem. The committee was formed to exchange information and to recommend and formulate programs for the correlation of the activities of the various agencies concerned with the sugar problem. A. E. Bowman, Chief of the War Production Board Sugar Section is Committee Chairman. He is seated in the center. Other members are from left to right: Philip Nichols, War Production Board attorney, who is secretary of the Committee; J. E. Brunner, War Shipping Administration; F. H. Rawls, U.S. Department of Commerce; J. H. Westing, Office of Price Administration (OPA); S. H. Sabin, Defense Supplies Corp.; Guy J. Swope, Department of the Interior; L. Duggan, State Department; and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt, Department of Agriculture

War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meet...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meeting of the newly formed War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. The committee consists of representatives of light government agencies concerned with the sugar problem. The committee was formed to exchange information and to recommend and formulate programs for the correlation of the activities of the various agencies concerned with the sugar problem. A. E. Bowman, Chief of the War Production Board Sugar Section is Committee Chairman. He is seated in the center. Other members are from left to right: Philip Nichols, War Production Board attorney, who is secretary of the Committee; J. E. Brunner, War Shipping Administration; F. H. Rawls, U.S. Department of Commerce; J. H. Westing, Office of Price Administration (OPA); S. H. Sabin, Defense Supplies Corp.; Guy J. Swope, Department of the Interior; L. Duggan, State Department; and Dr. Joshua Bernhardt, Department of Agriculture

War Production Board Sugar Policy Committee. This shows the first meet...

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Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Equipped with her "bible," a copy of the General Maximum Price Regulations written painstakingly in Mandarin, one of the chief languages of China, Mrs. Joanne A. Tee, price specialist of the Office of Price Administration (OPA), is explaining the necessity for posting ceiling prices to Lee Bow, manager of a large wholesale and retail store in New York's Chinatown. Like the people of their native land, whose fighting spirit has earned the admiration of all freedom-loving nations, the Chinese-American storekeepers are fighting the Axis by cooperating with the government in the battle against inflation

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Equipped with her "bible,...

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Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price Administration (OPA) with Leon Henderson, Administrator, in Washington, D.C. just prior to Mr. Henderson's retirement from office. Seated, left to right, J.K. Galbraith, Mr. Henderson, John E. Hamm, David Ginsburg. Standing, left to right, Dexter M. Keezer, Paul M. O'Leary, Paul A. Porter, Edward N. Hay, Robert W. Horton

Leon Henderson and staff. Deputy administrators of the Office of Price...

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New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating to the war effort. Woman volunteer checking and posting ceiling prices for the U.S. Office of Price Administration (OPA)

New York (and vicinity), New York. Miscellaneous photograph relating t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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