Keywords: cast iron stove
Item 12304
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Iron
Item 20465
Home Clarion stove, Bangor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton; Bangor Media: Cast iron, nickel
Exhibit
Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"Trying out blubber, 1880Abbe Museum In cast-iron pots blackened by years of cooking on smoky open fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in…"
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Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down