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Item 155575

On the Desert of Maine the camel found grass, Freeport, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Freeport Media: Lantern slide, hand-colored

Item 16978

Rock Potatoes, Houlton area, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Houlton Media: Rocks

Item 13480

Don Dickerman poster, Lovell, 1974

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: 1974 Location: Lovell Media: Poster, ink on paper

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Friendship Harbor and the steamboat landing, ca. 1910

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

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Jewett Corn Factory, Norridgewock, ca. 1915

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.

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Hannibal Hamlin of Paris Hill

2009 marked the bicentennials of the births of Abraham Lincoln and his first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. To observe the anniversary, Paris Hill, where Hamlin was born and raised, honored the native statesman and recalled both his early life in the community and the mark he made on Maine and the nation.