Item #3520 Produce & Conserve, Share & Play Square; The Grocer & The Consumer on the Home-Front Battlefield During World War II. Barbara McLean Ward.

Produce & Conserve, Share & Play Square; The Grocer & The Consumer on the Home-Front Battlefield During World War II

Portsmouth, NH: Strawberry Banke Museum, 1994. Glossy pictorial cover. 240 pages. 28 x 23 cm. Situated in the heart of the Puddle Dock neighborhood of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Walter and Bertha Abbott’s “Little Corner Store” was one of a handful of grocery stores whose regular customers were like family. During World War II such stores played a vital role by overseeing rationing, collecting scrap, interpreting government regulations, and educating customers to be patriotic consumers. Produce and Conserve, Share & Play Square tells the story of the Abbotts and their store in the larger context of Portsmouth and the nation. Some light creasing and rubbing. Spine toned. Pictorial wrap. Very good. Item #3520

Price: $15.00

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