Keywords: fair grounds
Item 17051
Fair Grounds, Caribou, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Caribou Media: Postcard
Item 11113
Houlton Fair scene with banner for That Strange Girl Dolly, 1914
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 109771
Big New Maine State Fair, Lewiston, 1898-1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898–1918 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
Exhibit
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"White writes, "When they pulled into the Fair Grounds, they could hear music and see the Ferris wheel turning in the sky."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"It is still an agricultural fair with livestock, horse pulling, tractor pulling, an exhibition hall for crafts and food goods."
Story
My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)
The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life