Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"A full basket will weigh about 30 pounds. The basket pictured here is 16 inches (40 cm) in diameter and 8 inches (20 cm) deep."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"X Eric Otter Bacon, Passamaquoddy, demonstrating basket making at the Abbe Museum, 2009. X"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Some of the tools used to make baskets and other items were collected by museums in later years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing. Other settlers followed."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"He often appeared on Monday morning, with a basket on his arm offering the clothespins for sale at the opportune hours when they were most needed."

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

"… into a bulk body truck No more barrels, no more baskets, no more tickets and no more picking potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"The man to the right of the digger has a basket full of potatoes. He is ready to dump them into a nearby barrel."

Stockholm Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Growing up, she learned how to make baskets which she sold until she turned 96. She spent many summers selling her wares in Rye Beach, New Hampshire."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"They made baskets and other useful items to trade for food and other necessary items. Many Indian tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… off and swish, the basketball sunk through the basket! Hampden had won its first ever state championship! In an interview, Kim Haggan still vividly…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the ash baskets for the potato industry. With mechanization of logging and potato farming, the tribe’s…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"May baskets were hung on doors every single year. There was a drama club that would perform at Chase Hall a couple of times a year."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… pick berries, dig for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers. This practice continued into the 1930s and ‘40s, until it…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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