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Title: Log dead fall trap

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1900

Media: monochrome photograph

Title: Alder Stream Falls, Dead River, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Media: Lantern slide

Title: Bear dead fall trap, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1895

Location: Houlton

Media: Photograph

Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood

From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.