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Keywords: Produce Distributors

Historical Items

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Item 16023

Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Presque Isle Media: Paper

Item 16039

Always Fresh potato bag, Caribou, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1975 Location: Caribou Media: Paper

Item 16050

get real. get maine! potato bag, Caribou, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Caribou Media: Paper

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… when a fire destroyed the warehouse of its Boston distributor, putting Event Records out of business."

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"… Description 25 pound potato bag, Produce Distributors, Inc. In the 1940s potato farmers started packaging their potatoes in distinctive bags."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… Shellfish Company closed, Pine Point Seafood Distributors, Inc., which operated wholesale and retail divisions, absorbed the business."