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Historical Items

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Item 54417

Mark Thompson on tractor, Fairfield, ca. 1955

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 100976

Lombard tractor hauling sleds of pulpwood, Magalloway Township, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939 Location: Magalloway Plantation Media: Photographic print

Item 100975

Tractor hauling pulpwood, Magalloway Plantation, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939 Location: Magalloway Plantation Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 84674

183-189 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Realty Company Use: Garage

Online Exhibits

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The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

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Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

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We Saw Lindbergh!

Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"The tractor powers the mechanical parts of this digger through a drive on the back of the tractor that is connected to the digger."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn, president of the Linn Tractor Company, Morris, N.Y. The photo was taken at Presque Isle's airport in 1935. Linn was a native of Washburn."

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone

Informed by six generations of potato farming

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Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone

A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.