Category: Agriculture, Corn, Economics
Item 8713
Corn field, Waterford, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Waterford Media: Photographic print
Item 13491
Corn can from Fryeburg, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg Media: Tin
Exhibit
Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
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Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.