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Historical Items

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Item 15623

Hewing Axe

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Scarborough Media: Forged iron with steel cutting edge

Item 14579

Cooper's Broad Axe, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 10292

Broad axe, Alna, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Alna Media: Forged Iron

Online Exhibits

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Belfast During the Civil War: The Home Front

Belfast residents responded to the Civil War by enlisting in large numbers, providing relief from the home front to soldiers, defending Maine's shoreline, and closely following the news from soldiers and from various battles.

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Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade

A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.

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A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Also, loggers used an axe called the double bit axe that was very dangerous because of its two axe blades on both sides."

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Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There was also the adze, a tool like an axe used for shaping and dressing wood. It was different from an axe because it had a long and slender…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Axe was a tool typically used for chopping wood with usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle."