Keywords: Fair competition
Item 33882
Photograph of cattle competition at the Blue Hill Fair, 1957
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1957 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 104209
Central Maine Fair flyer, Waterville, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Waterville Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"Photograph of cattle competition at the Blue Hill Fair, 1957Blue Hill Public Library Today, with the work of the Blue Hill Heritage Trust's Farmland…"
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry
"… of the reasons that shipbuilding stopped were competition from other shipyards and the new technologies of the ironclads and the steam engine."
Story
Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
