History: A 1943 class on WWII rationing at Murch Elementary

In 1943, grade schools taught the four R’s: reading, writing, ‘rithmatic and rationing.

From the National Archives online, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882-1962.

Here we see Catherine M. Rooney, a 6th grade teacher at Murch Elementary, instructing her students on the use of ration cards.

We discovered this photo at the National Archives online thanks to Murch Elementary’s Twitter feed. You can see more where this came from in the archives’ digital collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882-1962.