Keywords: Raccoon
Item 104732
Man holding a raccoon, ca. 1935
Do you know who this and where it was taken?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Location: Maine Media: Glass Negative
Item 151987
Young child with a raccoon on a leash, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Maine Media: Glass negative
Exhibit
Best Friends: Mainers and their Pets
Humans and their animal companions began sharing lives about twenty-five thousand years ago, when, according to archaeological evidence and genetic studies, wolves approached people for food scraps. As agriculture grew and people began storing grains around ten thousand years ago, wild cats helped keep rodents at bay and feline populations thrived by having a steady food source. Over time, these animals morphed into the dogs and cats we know today, becoming our home companions, our pets.
Exhibit
Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop. Meat victuals were woodchuck, bear, deer and raccoons."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4
"… creatures in turn feed larger animals such as raccoons, striped bass and ospreys. Waste from animals living and dying enters the marsh to be…"
