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Historical Items

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Item 11122

Log dead fall trap, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 13579

Bear dead fall trap, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 19758

Rideouts at East Grand Lake, ca. 1950

Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: circa 1950 Location: Danforth Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.

Exhibit

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

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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.

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… portrait busts and ideal works such as The Dead Pearl Diver and St. Elizabeth of Hungary. His promising career ended prematurely in his death from…"

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"… Paul Delaroche declared, "From today, painting is dead." Yet the daguerreotype would not replace the artist’s hand, but instead become a tool to be…"

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… by today’s standards, these pictures of the dead were commonplace in mid-nineteenth century culture and were cherished as keepsakes by which to…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life