Keywords: Ball
Item 16569
Ball Mason jar chicken waterer, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Littleton Media: Glass
Item 14633
Red Ball Brand potato bag, Caribou, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Caribou Media: Paper
Item 85065
Ball property, S. Side Maple Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Elizabeth W. Ball Use: Camp
Item 85063
Ball property, S. Side Maple Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Elizabeth M. Ball Use: Summer Dwelling
Exhibit
Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832
"Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description When John Martin…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866
"… on page 52 of his 1864 "Scrap and Sketch Book," "Ball Hill Cove as it should be." In the explanation of the drawing, which is the first page of…"
Story
My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.
Story
Charles "Chuck" Tsomides: devoted to family and local sports
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A life influenced by Greek ancestry, love of music and appreciation for local community sports
