Keywords: pork
Item 10790
Old Pork Hill House, Westbrook, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Westbrook; Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 13232
Sawmill, Pork Hill, Westbrook, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 45577
209-211 Danforth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frank D McCarthy Use: Stores
Exhibit
Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends
Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm
"… an amount of corn, beans, &c., also 1200 pounds pork and 500 pounds beef. The number of poor maintained at the farm the past year, was 13."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store
"… Marion Stinson remembers, "You could buy a pork chop for ten cents." Smith owned a team of horses, most likely to transport his products."
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
