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Historical Items

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Item 6127

Stonecutters, Deer Isle, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 6128

Granite industry, Deer Isle, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 6129

Ryan-Parker Construction Co., ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Exhibit

From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Exhibit

The Irish on the Docks of Portland

Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to difficulties which no other part of the State labors under; on the one hand harassed by the British and commanded to bear a part in the…"

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… Historic McCurdy’s understand the process and the hard work involved. Also left behind was example of an “improved” item, a wheeled cart."

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"And that was hard work. I never could dig clams. I’ve tried it. That was all the work there was and it was very sad for people."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Being a woman Union member was a challenge in the paper mill
by Cindy Bennett

I worked in the paper mills and for the Union during the 1987 strike.

Story

Growing up on a potato and dairy farm
by Paula Woodworth

Life growing up and working on a potato and dairy farm was hard work but fun in Aroostook County.

Story

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

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