Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Dot Campbell describes making butter
Description
Dorothy Campbell, born in 1922, learned butter making from her mother, Amber Beatrice Stockford Shaw, in the 1930s.
Her mother's butter was either sold for 25 cents per pound or bartered at the local store in Littleton for supplies such as sugar, molasses, flour and vinegar.
While attending Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, Campbell worked for a neighbor during summer vacations for $1 per day making butter and other duties. After graduation she continued working for her neighbor to earn money to study nursing.
When she completed her nurses training in 1946, she married and made butter on their own farm from 1946-1958 which she sold at Way's Market, Houlton, for $1 per pound.
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About This Item
- Title: Making butter, Littleton, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: 2005
- Subject Date: circa 1935
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Locations:
- Littleton, Aroostook County, ME
- Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: MP3
- Object Type: Sound Recording
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Farming--Maine--Littleton
- Butter churns
- Dairy industry
- Family farms--Maine--Littleton
- Butter trade
- Oral histories
People
Other Keywords
- butter
- butter making
- butter milk
- butter paddle
- butter paper
- butter tray
- churn
- cream
- creamer can
- separator
- sour cream
- Way's Market
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Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum1678 U.S. Route 1, Littleton, ME 04730
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