Keywords: shovel handles
Item 9067
Head of Skowhegan Island, from Elm Street, about 1870
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1870 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 78424
Turner Homestead and Mill, St. Albans, 1878
Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: 1878-04-27 Location: St. Albans Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
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Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons
"She used her shovel to dig, and tenderly placed a bulb. A shiny glint caught her attention. A button! What would this be doing in the soil? It must…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the pail of fresh water."
