Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Individuals and families were issued rationing stamps and tokens that represented certain goods. Blue tokens were for canned goods and red tokens…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"In 1825, the price of a stamp was only three cents. Today, it’s 44 cents. I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about the shooting price of stamps…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… he had already been run out of the colony by the Stamp Act unrest, and only then as a pointed rebuke to Massachusetts’ increasingly unruly…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"… and a frogging closure features a worn label stamped, "The Coat and Suit Industry" encircled with the words "National Recovery Board," indicating…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"9, 1943, Print. Gilman, Robert;, and John Heide. Home Front America: Popular Culture of the World War II Era. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"1910McArthur Public Library Shipyard stamp, Co. Biddeford, ca. 1917Biddeford Historical Society Maine has a long distinguished history of…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… was the special commemorative cancellation stamp that was developed by Postmaster E.E. Ross and Mrs. Ada Knowles of the post office."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Braden Memorabilia - a pencil and a tobacco label stamp. Presque Isle Historical Society The pencil says, “You will make no mistake if you…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Historical Society Or the least expensive, this stamped lithographed steel button with the safety pin on the rear, like those still manufactured a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"They would stamp each pair. How’d you get heating? We had woodstoves but it only kept one room warm. My wife had it harder than I did."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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