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Personal account of Ham radio operator AI6YR (Ben). Active during disasters. https://t.co/mIEFNOXlGg and (at)ai6yr(at)m(dot)ai6yr(dot)org over at the furry pachyderm.

Mar 10, 2022, 7 tweets

"Delivery vans, 1942 style" (Greenbelt, MD) "grocery store"..."Tire scarcity and gasoline rationing have placed such service at a premium...youngsters who are using their express wagons to carry home Mrs. America's purchases are doing their country a real service" #gasoline

Photo by Ann Rosener via the U.S. Library of Congress: loc.gov/pictures/item/…

"How to keep warm and save fuel in wartime", 1942. google.com/books/edition/…

"Hold Your Horses.... Haste Maste Waste!"

Kiplinger's June 1948: Look Out For A Gasoline Shortage books.google.com/books?id=wgUEA…

"Share to save..." google.com/books/edition/…

"How about the cars in your block? Are they being put to any community service, or does each family who owns one use it just for itself?" 👀

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