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Historical Items

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Item 62002

Heading off to picnic on Cousins Island, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 101163

Cookout, West Branch Lower Lakes, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1925 Media: Photographic print

Item 68431

Class of 1918 picnic, Strong, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… on Great Hogg Island became the focus of numerous picnic parties, which were celebrated by poets and painters."

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Canning: A Maine Industry

Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.

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Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On page 122 of…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"Everybody came to the picnic because it was the last thing before school started. Families had this picnic lunch because they could not afford to…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Class Picnic At Porter LakeStrong Historical Society Return to Student Research Porter Lake was not…"

My Maine Stories

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Two generations tell the family's Paper story
by Normand and Richard Paradis

Father and son discuss their lives working for International Paper and changes over time

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Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani

Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.