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Historical Items

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Item 16048

Fruit of the Earth potato bag, Woodland, 1990

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1990 Location: Woodland Media: Paper

Item 116254

Common Ground Country Fair t-shirt, 1999

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1999 Location: Union Media: Cotton, ink
This record contains 3 images.

Item 34024

John and Mary Staples Barstow, North Yarmouth , ca. 1903

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

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Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Site Pages

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Skyline Farm

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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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…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… The Grange movement has evolved to include non-farm rural families and communities. According to Dennis Sven Nordin, author of "Rich Harvest: A…"

My Maine Stories

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Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR