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Keywords: Farm
Historical Items Showing 3 of 1350 View All
Item 9653
Title: Fairview Farm, Leeds, ca. 1921
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society
Date: circa 1921
Location: Leeds
Media: Black and White postcard
Item 34220
Title: Vaughan Farm, Duck Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1933
Location: Hallowell
Media: Photograph
Item 34212
Title: Vaughan Farm, Dairy herd, Hallowell, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library
Date: circa 1933
Location: Hallowell
Media: Photograph
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Exhibits Showing 3 of 14 View All
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Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England, University Press of New England, 1984.)
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.
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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
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Site
A unique two-town history. Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland Historical Society, North Yarmouth Historical Society, Skyline Farm, and Greely Middle School partnered to tell the story of how Cumberland and North Yarmouth were originally part of the same community. Libraries, the Civil War, pauper laws, main streets, local industries, and Skyline Farm are some of the topics covered on the site.
Site
The history of a northern Maine community as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle Historical Society, Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle Middle School. Some of the topics include historic buildings, potato farming, transportation and the Aroostook Valley Railroad.