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Historical Items

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Item 9416

Ration book for Helen M. Bailey, Norway, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 9422

Mileage ration folder, Norway, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Norway Media: Ink on paper

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Item 74105

War Ration Stamps for Harry G. Carter, Surry, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Exhibit

State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Exhibit

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By the way, that state snowplow opened the road…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"At that period of time, School Administrative District #4 schooled 1,200 students in the high school, middle school, and elementary school."

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price Administration, was in charge of rationing, and it issued tips for rationing."