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Historical Items

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Item 55194

Grazing horses, Fairfield, ca. 1970

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1970 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 22308

Grazing sheep, Woodland, ca. 1922

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: Woodland Media: Photographic print

Item 75159

Moose and cows, Stoneham, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Stoneham Media: Photo negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… brought to one of the smaller outer islands for grazing. The independence of islanders to raise their own food remained strong even as the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots) for grazing their animals, later deeding these lots to their heirs."