National Bank of Washington employees, left to right, Betty Burhe, Buela Gabrielsen and Herta Ley posed with cancelled ration stamps in the furnace room at Consumer's Heating Co. on April 15, 1943. They were preparing to burn the stamps in the furnace, as mandated by OPA regulations. The sugar, coffee and gasoline stamps were turned in by local markets, service stations and stores where ration stamps were required. The day after World War II ended, gasoline, canned fruits and vegetables, fuel oil and oil stoves went off rationing. Sugar, meats, fats and oils, butter, shoes and tires remained under ration until the economy stabilized. (T.Times, 4/19/1943, p.1; TNT, 8/16/1945, p. 1).

World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Consumer rationing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coupons; Burhe, Betty; Gabrielsen, Buela; Ley, Herta; National Bank of Washington--People;

National Bank of Washington employees, left to right, Buela Gabrielsen, Herta Ley, and Betty Burhe are burning cancelled ration stamps, in a furnace at Consumer's Heating Co., as mandated by OPA regulations. The sugar, coffee and gasoline stamps were turned in by local markets, service stations and stores where ration stamps are required. The day after World War II ended, gasoline, canned fruits and vegetables, fuel oil and oil stoves went off rationing. Sugar, meats, fats and oils, butter, shoes and tires remained under ration until the economy stabilized. (T.Times, 4/19/1943, p.1; TNT, 8/16/1945, p. 1).

World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Consumer rationing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Coupons; Gabrielsen, Buela; Ley, Herta; Burhe, Betty; National Bank of Washington--People;