Keywords: Ration books
Item 9329
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
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
Exhibit
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Exhibit
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School
"Until 1939 the only reference book in the school was a Lincoln Library book, which was shared by the students."
Site Page
"Resources BOOKS Bonsey, Osmond C. Surry, Maine: An informal History, Surry Historical Society, 2003. Jellison, Connee."
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
