Keywords: Big families
Item 103643
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Ambrotype
Item 18526
Sailor, family dog, Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1903 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family
"… choices about what the tribe would do and made big decisions. Works Cited “The Stanislaus Family.” Various articles."
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History
"… gentle giant; he got that name because he was so big and strong, but he loved kids and he never got in a fight."
Story
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
