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Keywords: Work farms

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 6575

Cornfields, Fryeburg, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photograph, negative

Item 6912

Elder Delmer Wilson, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1905 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative

Item 6540

Maine State Fair procession, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 68872

Plan of farm, Scarborough, 1741

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1741 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

Item 104415

Logging with oxen on Town Forest land, Troy, ca. 1940

Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1940 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print

Item 6562

Maine State Fairgrounds, Lewiston, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 6578

Garden, Lovell, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lovell Media: Photographic print

Item 16388

Lunch Bucket, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Wood

Item 7452

Farming in Denmark, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Denmark Media: Photo negative

Item 13597

Haymakers, Houlton, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 67745

Letter from William Haley Jr, in Winchester, VA to his wife Miriam, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-04-01 Location: Winchester; Richmond; Petersburg; Sebago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 35883

Aroostook potato field, Presque Isle, ca. 1915

Contributed by: David Gallagher through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Presque Isle Media: Postcard

Item 35894

Harvesting potatoes, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

Contributed by: David Gallagher through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Postcard

Item 33688

Luther Cary petition for bounty on mulberry trees and silk manufacturing, Turner, 1841

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1841 Location: Turner Media: Silk, ink on paper

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Item 103764

POW stockades with buildings at Camp Houlton Air Base, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 103805

Camp Houlton POW area, Houlton, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photograph

Item 6685

Giddinge home, Danville, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Androscoggin Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Danville; Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 13561

German prisoners picking potatoes, Houlton, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 13194

Potato pickers, Caribou, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 101799

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hanscom, South Berwick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 13571

Camp Houlton Post Exchange staff, 1945

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 68529

Letter from William Haley to his daughter Elzira, 1865

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1865-07-31 Location: Sebago; Savannah; Georgetown; Hilton Head Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13267

Building walls, Littleton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Photographic print

Item 13268

Ready for roof rafters, Littleton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Photographic print