Keywords: product packaging
Item 12340
Spice tin, Brunswick, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1950 Location: Brunswick Media: Tin
Item 16064
Top Fresh brand potato bag for Maine potatoes; Skokie Illinois, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1965 Location: Skokie Media: Paper
Exhibit
Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"… receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution. They also help to support another 50 jobs in forest harvesting and…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"1964: Tissue production is introduced as a lucrative new undertaking for the mill. March 8, 1968: Eastern Fine’s Lincoln and Brewer mills close…"
