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Keywords: tool
Historical Items Showing 3 of 849 View All
Item 19451
Title: Pneumatic Tool
Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Location: Mount Desert
Media: Wood and Metal
Item 6240
Title: Dental pelican tool, Westbrook, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1800
Location: Westbrook
Media: Steel, bone
Item 74841
Title: Electrical worker tool belt, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1920
Media: Leather, metal
Tax Records Showing 3 of 13 View All
Item 32569
Address: 85 Bedford Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Edward D Noyes
Style: Utilitarian
Use: Tool House
Item 32631
Item 35660
Exhibits Showing 3 of 7 View All
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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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Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.
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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870
A history of Maine's Swedish Colony in Aroostook County. Project partners include Caribou Public Library, Maine Swedish Colony, New Sweden School, New Sweden Historical Society, Nylander Museum, and Stockholm Historical Society. In addition to a substantive history of the Colony generally, exhibit topics cover specific family histories, Olof Nylander, mills and homes in Stockholm, hand tools, railroads, and more.