keepsakes A treasure for sure. :

Part of our history.

Thank you for sharing these with us!

the amount of gas you were allotted. Your allotment was dependent on your job classification, if you had a job.

When I was a kid, my Dad was cleaning out a box on his dresser and gave me two campaign buttons instead of throwing them away! One simply said "Ike" and the other was bigger with a photo of the nominees, said "Kennedy-Johnson." I think I know where they are. *sigh*

the campaign in Loudon County, VA, one Saturday when I was in ninth or 10th grade. A friend's mother was big in the local party and roped us into volunteering. We collated handouts. We also got a bumper sticker, now long gone.

I do remember having a McGovern button, too - I bought it from a girl in school for a quarter, LOL. I'm not sure where it is, though.

And it's also cool that you started working on campaigns at such a young age. Kudos to your friend's Mom. When I was little, my Dad took me into the voting booth with him, held me up and had me push the levers. Of course he told me what levers to push, but I have no idea who I voted for. '

I never knew there were rationing tokens! My sis has a booklet that belonged to my grandmother that shows what she bought with her ration stamps at the grocery store. Apparently the grocer hand wrote the item on each line.

I love old historical items like these.

The items aren't by any means rare. They're value is in the story they tell of my grandmother's personal history and its connection to our collective history. The objects have endured for 80+ years but their stories are falling by the wayside.

I'd love to have my grandmother's ration booklet. Your sister has a rare treasure.