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Item 16017
Title: Giguere's Food Depot potato bag, Waterville, c. 1960
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
Date: circa 1960
Location: Waterville
Media: paper
Item 75464
Title: Puss N Boots cat food plant, Lubec, 1975
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1975
Location: Lubec
Media: Kodachrome slide
Item 63613
Title: Farmington State Teachers College Food Lab, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF
Date: circa 1955
Location: Farmington
Media: Black and white photograph
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Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends
Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.