Keywords: Barn and shed equipment
Item 82350
Brass candle spike, Great Cranberry Island, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Metal
Item 63735
Tracks near Forsters Toothpick millyard, Strong, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Strong Media: Glass Negative
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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
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Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born
"I was a small girl, but was allowed to go and stay until 10 o’clock. Lots of older folks and young ones to came from Down Town."
