Keywords: wooden box
Item 66876
Wooden pantry box of T. L. Richardson, Strong, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Strong Media: Bent wood
Item 78688
Wooden Pencil Box, Dixfield, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Dixfield Media: Wood
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory
"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"
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Story
Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein
How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery
Story
Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
