Keywords: County fairs
Item 13821
Oxford County Fair, 4-H Club, 1976
Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1976-09-23 Location: Norway Media: Newsprint
Item 77461
Contributed by: Hartland Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Hartland Media: Photographic print
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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"A Real Downeast County Fair Collaboratively written by The Bay School's eighth grade: Noah Cimeno, Aphelion Crampton, Alexander Heilner, Loriman…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"Franklin County Agricultural Fair There were many categories for judging at the fair. The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their…"
Story
My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)
The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.
