Photographing showing Paul Shaw, administrator of Multnomah County Rationing Board, holding two spoons of sugar. He is holding one spoon in each hand, and smiling towards the camera (negative 1 of 4).

Photograph showing Donna Dahlke, age 3, handing a small rubber doll to Captain W.A. Tyler of the Sunshine Division. On the floor is a wooden barrel, with a sign reading “Scrap Rubber, Tide Water Associated Oil Company.” Portland civilians were asked to salvage and ration rubber as part of the World War II efforts at home (negative 1 of 1).

Photograph showing three children standing behind a man in a suit, who is using a scale to weigh a length of rubber hose. Taken outside Vaughn Street Park, the boys are turning in rubber in exchange for admission to the baseball park, likely for the Portland Beavers game against the San Diego Padres baseball team (Pacific Coast League, minor league) (negative 1 of 1).

A man stands on a stack of what appears to be car batteries at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. He appears to be at the back of a flatbed truck, stacked with rubber tires (negative 10 of 11).

A worker at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland, standing in a room piled high with automobile radiators. The man is turned away from the camera, holding up a radiator piece in one hand, more of which are stacked high on the far walls (negative 3 of 11).

Assorted pieces of metal pipe fittings at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland (negative 4 of 11).

A worker at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland, standing in a room with stacks of burlap sacks. The man is holding a burlap sack, with one end in a metal pipe structure (negative 5 of 11).

A woman in a room of fabric scraps at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. She is standing in front of a mounted tool holding a price of fabric (negative 6 of 11).

A group of women volunteering for rationing board work at Kaiser Company Vancouver, posing for a group photograph with four men in suits. They’re in front of a building with a signs reading “Kaiser Company” and “General Office” (negative 3 of 5).

A man stands in an outdoor area filled with rubber tires at California Bag & Metal Company in Portland. He is holding a tire and looking downward. The area is surrounded by a wooden fence, with a sign for visible at the left side of the frame (negative 9 of 11).

A crowd at a butcher shop in Portland, one day before meat rationing begins. People are standing behind a long counter, with shop attendants with and pieces of cut meat on the other side (negative 3 of 3).

A crowd gathers in a butcher shop to purchase meat in Portland, one day before the start of meat rationing. The crowd stands around a counter area, where shop workers can be seen. This photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Saturday, March 27, 1943 (negative 1 of 3).

People stand outside a shoe store in Portland, on the last day before the expiration of shoe rationing stamps. The line is on a sidewalk, and signs for “Peacock Shoes” and “Dickerson” can be seen in the window. Automobiles are parked along the sidewalk (negative 1 of 2).

People stand outside a shoe store in Portland, on the last day before the expiration of shoe rationing stamps. A display of shoes can be seen behind a glass window (negative 2 of 2).

Motorists look downward at a tire and inner tube while standing next to two automobiles, shortly after the end of gas rationing during World War II. One man appears to be changing a tire, while another holds the inner tube and two women watch (negative 1 of 4).

McDannel Brown and Ray Clark seated across from one another at a table, each holding the top of a chafing dish. In front of each man is a plate with a steak (negative 2 of 2).