Keywords: hard wood barrel
Item 15997
Delivery of potatoes to warehouse, Caribou, ca. 1942
Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1942 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 12963
Ketlands Company Flintlock, ca. 1810
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1810 Location: Houlton Media: Steel, wood
Exhibit
Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here
From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"store. Shoppers could buy a barrel of flour for the price of a cord of wood. They also sold large dried codfish, which customers would take home to…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad
"… low for cash or exchange of produce. The wooden barrels in which it came became too expensive and hard to handle and have been wholly replaced by…"
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
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
