Keywords: Waterford Worlds Fair
Item 8736
North Waterford World's Fair, 1906
Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Waterford Media: Postcard
Item 36902
Sanderson siblings, North Waterford, 1897
Courtesy of David Sanderson, an individual partner Date: 1897-10-02 Location: Waterford Media: Tintype
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
