Keywords: forest thinning
Item 101037
Thinning in white pine stand on farm, Sagadahoc County, 1938
Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1938 Media: Photographic print
Item 100555
Managed clear cutting, MacMahan Island, 1957
Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1957-05-16 Location: MacMahan Island; Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest
Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts
"Sails were made by long, thin strips of cloth that were woven together by hand (until the invention of the sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3
"… of its proprietress, Delia Frances Felix. Of thin polyester knits, there is a red high waisted full length long dress with a matching two pocket…"
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
