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Item 12957

Softwood potato barrel, Hodgdon, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Hodgdon Media: Ash, cedar, wire

Item 12952

Hardwood potato barrel, Littleton, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Littleton Media: Wood

Item 19231

Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1946–1976 Location: Presque Isle Media: Metal

Tax Records

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Item 37299

136-138 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Georgia W Ray Use: Storage - Fruit

Item 45781

140-142 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Georgie W Ray Use: Store Building

Item 37307

Assessor's Record, 146-152 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James H McDonald Use: Shop - Barrel

Online Exhibits

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Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

Exhibit

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.