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Item 28762

Butcher Shop, Saco, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Saco Media: Stereograph

Item 103978

Clarence Groves, Portland, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 13210

H. B. Drake Meat cart, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

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Mt. Katahdin and Granger, Stetson, ca. 1906

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.

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Bakers and Confectioners trade banner, Portland, 1841

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… at Carls Point, a failed romance, operating a butchering cart with his father, working at Eastes and Whittiers Stove Store, and his move to Bangor…"