Keywords: potato cutter
Item 12947
Aspinwal Potato Cutter, Jackson, Michigan, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Jackson; Littleton Media: Iron
Item 12946
Aroostook Potato Seed Cutter, Littleton, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Wood
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market
"… age twenty working for Howard Michaud as a meat cutter and clerk. Michaud’s store was on the corner of State and Exchange Streets."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5
"From East Dixfield the Apple Cutter, Patented October 20, 1857 and the Apple Corer, Patented April 6, 1869, were designed by Nathaniel Thomas. R.S."
