Record 2654/5355 Catalog Record Archives Exhibit Page Home Search Image 6 of 8 Description  A leather wallet containing ration booklets used by the Gleason family during WWII when they lived at 14 Mt. Vernon St. Marblehead. It consist of: 1 leather wallet, 3 War Ration Book(s) One (one each for Edward A. Gleason,Jr., Sarah Elizabeth Gleason and Harriet T. Gleason) 4 War Ration Book(s) Two (for the same three persons plus Edward A. Gleason) 3 War Ration Book(s) No. 3 (one each for Edward A. Gleason., Sarah Elizabeth Gleason and Harriet T. Gleason) 3 War Ration Books(s) Four (one each for Edward A. Gleason, Sarah Elizabeth Gleason and Harriet T. Gleason) 1 Gasoline Ration Card A for a Dodge Sedan belonging to Edward A. Gleason 1 V-Fuel Oil Ration Class 1, issued Oct 1, 1942 to Sept 30 1943 2 V-Fuel Oil Ration Class 3, one issued May 31, 1943 to Sept 30, 1943 and the other issued 1/18,1943 to Sept 30, 1943 1 Fuel Oil Ration Class 5B, issued 7-30-45 The War ration Book(s) No. 3 and Four and the Fuel Oil Ration Class 5B still had coupons attached but the earlier books were all used.

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Last modified on: February 22, 2013