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Item 12444

C.C. Young farm, Sherman Mills, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Sherman Mills Media: Photographic print

Item 15809

Old Homestead Ginger Beer, Saint Stephen and Calais, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Kings Landing Historical Settlement Date: circa 1900 Location: Calais; St. Stephen Media: Ceramic, stoneware

Item 5877

Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-03-27 Location: Fort Fairfield Media: Photographic print

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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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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.