Keywords: Hay scales
Item 4234
Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 34178
Fred Titcomb's horses, load of hay, Falmouth Corner, ca. 1900
Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"… which do not often find their way into modest scale organizations, also occupy a special place in collections."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4
"To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken. Ditches were dug to drain wet, mosquito-breeding areas; pannes were filled; and tide…"
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
