Keywords: Local grown
Item 74770
'Maine Produces' button, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Media: Metal, celluloid
Item 50114
Good Will sign, Fairfield, installed 1920
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: metal
Exhibit
Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here
From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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"… the help was cheaper and the raw materials were grown next door. By 1960 both York Manufacturing and Saco-Lowell Shops were closed."
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Story
North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin
The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes