Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"On the left is a two-row digger operated by two men. A man is behind the digger picking potatoes. A full basket of potatoes is being emptied into a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"… Isle Historical Society To get money, she picked potatoes during harvest, and also she babysat."

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

"Others picked the potatoes from the ground and put them in barrels. The hand digger on the right, demonstrated by Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The workers used splitting forks and pick poles to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The workers used splitting forks and pick poles to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"It was then unowned until Maine Central picked up the lease. They later sold it to Guilford Transportation, who still owns it to this day."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… sometimes traveled to the water's edge to pick fiddleheads. They also grew Jerusalem artichokes, which were well liked among the Indians."

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

"… were always a commercial crop, some hand picked by local residents and shipped out of state."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… Norumbega Hall, and for spectators to beware of pick-pockets. The event went well, in spite of the rain that fell that evening: the parade was a…"

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

"Many trains stopped there each day to pick up local products, or to deliver dry goods, furniture and other items to local residents."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… returned to Islesboro from the mainland to pick berries, dig for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Five decades later, Francis Gould Butler picked up Parker’s threads and wove them into a quilt work tome carefully chronicling a century of facts…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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