Keywords: farm fields
Item 8712
Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Waterford Media: Photographic print
Item 34211
Vaughan Farm horse, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 151771
Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company
Item 151473
Krasnoo/Witlen residence, Yarmouth, 2013-2018
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013–2018 Location: Yarmouth Clients: Paul Krasnoo; Renee Witlen Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
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.
Exhibit
Independence and Challenges: The Life of Hannah Pierce
Hannah Pierce (1788-1873) of West Baldwin, who remained single, was the educated daughter of a moderately wealthy landowner and businessman. She stayed at the family farm throughout her life, operating the farm and her various investments -- always in close touch with her siblings.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History
"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle
"… per acre, yielding 217 barrels of potatoes this field. Common fertilizers are rated as having certain variable percentages of nitrogen (N)…"
Story
The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone
Informed by six generations of potato farming
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
