Maine Memory Network

E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Inspecting whole kernel corn, Fryeburg, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print

84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Use: Corn Drying House

1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Pop Corn Stand

Portland Packing Company, Portland, 1916-1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: Portland; Skowhegan Client: Portland Packing Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Ackerman residence, Mount Desert, 1993

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993 Location: Mount Desert Client: Roger Ackerman, Architect: M. B. Ducher; Landscape Design Associates

Canning: A Maine Industry

Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.

Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine

Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Maine was ranked third in the country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York. The season lasted a mere three weeks."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895

"Dingley Corn Shop where corn from area was husked and canned. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down