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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… the potatoes from the ground and put them in barrels. The hand digger on the right, demonstrated by Mr. Harris, is 42 inches (107 cm) long."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… Augustus Fox, a dapperly dressed young Portland barrel maker. In 1850 Ormsbee sold his business to his longtime assistant George M."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"There was water running in these barrels all the time. You would haul the ice out and was it to get rid of the sawdust."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… shucked (meat cut from the shell), salted, and barreled in fish houses on the flats of Blue Point."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Over the years it produced lumber, barrel staves, and fish boxes. Its products were sold locally and loaded on ships for use in other ports."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails. Soon there was a log store at the Seal Harbor beach, and one on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"He was a cooper, a maker of barrels, and the sheltered harbor near the head of Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"There was water running in these barrels all the time. You would haul the ice out and was it to get rid of the sawdust."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"store. Shoppers could buy a barrel of flour for the price of a cord of wood. They also sold large dried codfish, which customers would take home to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… toothpicks, bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles. While water provided the power, the forests and fields provided the raw…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"On the other side: cracker barrels, cheese wheels, beans, sugar, spices, slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel. Timber was becoming scarce and many mills had to close down."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Owners of a local store Leigh and Wingate had 300 barrels of flour taken from them by these mighty waters."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Ring; and Wilbur A. Shea, who received 25 barrels of cottonseed oil which he sold to local sardine packers."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… “it looks like we’re financially ruined.”(4) Barrels were tied to both sides of the boat in an attempt to haul it out."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… and Dick's wife Connie Sweetser operate the Apple Barrel store and adjoining orchard on Blanchard Road in Cumberland."

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

"… son Dick and his wife Connie operate the Apple Barrel store on Blanchard Road in Cumberland into the 21st century. Arno S."

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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