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Historical Items

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Item 23077

Grappling hook, Ambajejus, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1960 Location: Ambajejus Media: Steel

Item 19531

Hand made steel hook, Stockholm. ca. 1940

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Stockholm Media: Iron

Item 31240

Hook and ladder at Pickering Square fire, Bangor, 1891

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1891-03-29 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110416

Shultz residence, Red Hook, NY, 2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2003 Location: Red Hook Client: David Shultz Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Item 109678

Hook and Ladder House, Lewiston, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.

Exhibit

Maine Sweets: Confections and Confectioners

From chocolate to taffy, Mainers are inventive with our sweet treats. In addition to feeding our sweet tooth, it's also an economic driver for the state.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"They had a hook on each end so that they could be tied together in sequence, making a complete circular bed."

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… named it after the city of Bombay India, and the hook in the Kennebec River just below the point. There is no documentation for either theory."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"It fastens with a side zipper and two hook-and-eye closures on the waistband. The skirt has a slight flare, is unlined, and includes interior tapes…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.

Story

The tradition of lobstering
by Sadie Samuels

I learned to fish from my Dad and will lobster the rest of my life

Story

Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25

How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.