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Item 15436
Title: Taber wagon with potato barrels, Caribou
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: 2004
Location: Caribou; Houlton
Media: digital photograph
Item 10864
Title: Concord Wagon built by Silas W. Taber
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: circa 1900
Location: Houlton
Media: monochrome photograph
Item 10867
Title: Taber Wagon Factory
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: circa 1905
Location: Houlton
Media: postcard
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The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
Exhibit
Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist
Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.
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Site
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag
The history of a 350+-year-old city south of Portland, the Scarborough site was constructed by representatives from Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Middle School, and Scarborough Public Library. Exhibits include the marsh, transportation and roads, shipyards and shipwrecks, clamming and lobstering, famous residents, and education.