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Historical Items

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Item 76524

Fort Kent State Teachers College campus, 1963

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: 1963 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

Item 76875

Madawaska Training School, Fort Kent, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: circa 1933 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

Item 75230

Madawaska Training School canning list, Fort Kent, 1944-1947

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: circa 1947 Location: Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109218

Daigle house, Fort Kent, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Fort Kent Client: Daigle Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109283

Featherweight Foods dehydration & starch factories, Fort Kent, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Fort Kent Client: Featherweight Foods Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109262

Daigle & Daigle hardware & furniture store, mortuary rooms, office, & apartments, Fort Kent, 1945-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1946 Location: Fort Kent Client: Daigle & Daigle Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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John Burton with weeding spade, ca. 1900

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.