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Item 12327

Crystal Spring Farm, Brunswick, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1909 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 20728

Farm, New Sweden, ca. 1910

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 16023

Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Presque Isle Media: Paper

Online Exhibits

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Jewett Corn Factory, Norridgewock, ca. 1915

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.

Exhibit

Cottage for women, Maine State Sanatorium, Hebron, ca. 1909

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Exhibit

Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… the land had been transformed into a working farm producing small grain crops which helped support Thomas, his wife Phoebe, and their eleven…"

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Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"Poor Farm City "Poor" Farm, Poor Farm Road, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In a Mayor's Address from…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Many small farms are gone and that is the sad story indeed. Organic farming is becoming very popular in Maine and the organization MOFCA is thriving…"