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[Marjorie N. Forester's Ration Book Identification Stub and Application Card] (open access)

[Marjorie N. Forester's Ration Book Identification Stub and Application Card]

Ration book application and identification stub belongingto Marjorie N. Forester in Roscoe, Texas. The identification stub has instructions that read: "After completing this application, tear off this stub and be sure to keep it until you get your war ration book no. 3." The application says it must be mailed between June 1 and June 10, 1943.
Date: June 9, 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, June 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, June 23, 1965]

Letter from Ingrid Griggs to her husband Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home and that she had to use a check to get a birthday present for James. Ingrid also notes that she has made $15 by mowing yards, and paid someone to take out a lot of trash cans.
Date: June 23, 1965
Creator: Griggs, Ingrid
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, June 15, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Ingrid Griggs to Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs, June 15, 1965]

Letter from Ingrid Griggs to her husband Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home, recently they had a picnic with a church group. She says that her and the kids are going to visit her sister as her husband is "working 96 hours a week."
Date: June 15, 1965
Creator: Griggs, Ingrid
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History