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Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"Dairy Farms Memories Holstein dairy cow, New Sweden, ca. 1922Nylander Museum Albert’s father worked many jobs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"Dairy Farms Memories Dairy cattle, Woodland, ca. 1922Nylander Museum Text by Rachel, a student at Presque Isle Middle School Images by Maine…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"The Semmes converted the farm from a dairy farm to a riding school where all five family members, Carl, Abby, Sally, Donald, and Richard, were…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"operated Elm Farms Dairy on Ledge Road; The O' Donnell family ran North Yarmouth Dairy in the 1930s and 1940s, and the Weston and Sherman Grover…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Dairy, sugar and bread products, apples, pears, farming tools, carriages and harnesses. Also, quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"I would go to work at four in the morning for the dairy farm. I would get done at eleven and work for Carroll’s until five at night."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… grass seed to be shipped downstate, and produced dairy products for the residents of the town and surrounding area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"… is the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10. What was the value of your market garden in 1839? 11."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… homestead offered its guests fresh produce and dairy products from local farms. The Homestead offered activities, like sailing expeditions, music…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing dairy products and meats. The recommended packing, or insulation, was made up of sawdust…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing dairy products and meats. The recommended packing, or insulation, was made up of sawdust…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Sporting Goods store came to Town as did Guilford Dairy, Goulette’s IGA and Davis Brother’s Furniture."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local merchant who arrived in a large panel truck, laden with dresses and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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