Keywords: farming equipment
Item 104418
Fire department equipment and storage unit, Troy, ca. 1942
Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1942 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print
Item 51736
Good Will Farm, Fairfield, ca. 1925
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1925 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
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
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.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming
"Community members raised their own farm animals. Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13
"… a lot of auctions in the area, selling off farm equipment no longer used. The potato harvester in the above photograph removes potatoes from the…"
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Story
Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber
Farming oysters in Casco Bay
