Keywords: Loafing
Item 20153
Anti-loafing broadside, Wiscasset, ca. 1871
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper
Item 98603
Webb River & Sugar Loaf Mountain, Dixfield, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Dixfield Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes
"… [pulpits] with my father, mix Holland gin and loaf sugar and warm it up for him before he went into the puplit and after he came out."
Exhibit
John P. Sheahan, 1st Maine Cavalry, 31st Maine Infantry
John P. Sheahan of Dennysville served in the 1st Maine Cavalry from August 1862 until March 1864 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in Co. E of the 31st Maine Infantry. His letters reveal much about the life of a soldier, including political views and thoughts about the war.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house
"You couldn’t go pick up a loaf of bread or do anything like that. But you know, they was good to the kids too."
Site Page
"… fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of boards 1/2 loaf of bread 1/2 bushel of potatoes 2 barrels of water 7 barrels of rice 1 bag of cotton 1 box of…"
