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

"Harvesting Potatoes A POTATO HARVESTING SCENE A Potato Harvesting Scene, Presque Isle, 1945Presque Isle Historical Society This painting by…"

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

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes ONTO THE TRUCK Sweetser Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1900Presque Isle Historical Society Around 1900, barrels were transported…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… the need to remove potatoes from the rows by hand, although there were some workers with hand diggers who could keep up with the early mechanical…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes BARREL GRAPPLES Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque…"

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

"… Society To get money, she picked potatoes during harvest, and also she babysat. She babysat the town manager’s three boys next door."

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

"There is no quick way to harvest clams; only hand tools or hands are allowed by the state. The process of harvesting clams hasn’t changed over the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library When they cut the blocks of ice, people stored it until summer."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library When they cut the blocks of ice, people stored it until summer."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"According to Dennis Sven Nordin, author of "Rich Harvest: A History of the Grange, 1867 to 1900," Grange rituals incorporated a mixture of Greek and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… Island Historical Society With the best timber harvested, men turned to the sea for their livelihood rather than leave the island."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… Society Early settlers supplemented their harvests with fishing to make a decent living. Most early fishing was done in wherries, small rowboats…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… In the 1600s and 1700s lobsters were easily harvested from tidal pools along the shoreline. So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… With No Summer-1816" caused the men to hoe and harvest with mittens on or the frost stuck their hands to the tools."

Caribou Public Library

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

"… Farm began a CSA at Skyline Farm, sharing its harvest of locally grown produce to participating families who live in the Greater Portland area."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the spring smelt run, gathered sweet grass and harvested shellfish, the remains of which have been discovered in shell middens along the shores of…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… well-established and well-known fishery involving harvesting herring for smoking and pickling. They joined with local entrepreneurs who shared the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… and by 1866 they employed more than 850 men to harvest 24 million board feet of lumber. Abner Coburn, who also served as Maine's 30th Governor in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture By Taffy Davis Harvesting Autumn CropsFarmington Historical Society Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and…"

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

"… the summer canning, freezing, and storing their harvest. Numerous people sew, quilt, and crochet, many times using their items to help those in…"

Acadian Archives

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