Maine Memory Network

Haying on the Ingraham farm, Hodgdon, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Hodgdon Media: Glass plate negative

Hand Brand, New Limerick, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: New Limerick Media: Paper

244 Brackett Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Rosemont Farm, Inc. Use: Store

Merrill Farms, Ellsworth, 1997

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1997 Location: Ellsworth Clients: Merrill; Merrill Farms Architect: APM

Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

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.

George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

Skyline Farm

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and sale to…"

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.

Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone

A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s