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Historical Items

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Item 150017

A hunting camp with three hunters on the porch, ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Film negative

Item 149978

Jack Howard and a guide holding a slain deer, ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Film negative

Item 9797

Hunter with moose and two deer, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 58281

Assessor's Record, 12-14 Hunt Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Perley E. Hunt Use: Garage

Item 68400

Assessor's Record, 204 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sanford F. Hunt Use: Garage

Item 68398

202 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sanford F. Hunt Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

Exhibit

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Exhibit

Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… laws were put into place that regulated how many deer you could tag. Moose hunting and caribou hunting were outlawed. Return to Student Research"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… generation of sports by placing bag limits on deer, salmon and trout as well as advocating for catch and release fishing tactics."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… for wood transport and for visitors to enjoy hunting, fishing and canoeing. Railroad commissioners learned immediately that building a standard…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

Story

Thoughts of Freedom
by Raymond

Painting my thoughts and loves while incarcerated at Maine State Prison

Story

My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph

Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.