Keywords: Iron Sides
Item 10292
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Alna Media: Forged Iron
Item 20451
Wire stove top toaster, Littleton, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Metal
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
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.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867
"… poles as convenience may occur and hung on iron grudgeons set in the centre of the posts so as to swing out or in as the case may require..." View…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865
"… Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"
Story
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister
Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
Story
21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock
My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.
