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Keywords: Cattle

Historical Items

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Item 33882

Photograph of cattle competition at the Blue Hill Fair, 1957

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1957 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 27415

Farmington Cattle Show, 1917

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 29311

Cattle Pound, Turner, 2009

Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: 2009-08-24 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 70714

Assessor's Record, 90 Presumpscot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Consolidated Rendering Company Use: Shed - Cattle

Item 70947

Shed, Presumpscot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Shed - Cattle

Item 70948

Shed, Presumpscot Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Shed - Cattle

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 148198

Opportunity Farm cow barn end framing, New Gloucester, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture

Online Exhibits

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

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Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment

Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.

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The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… for sale as table stock are processed into starch or cattle feed. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… 1880 horses - 164 oxen - 92 milk cows - 283 cattle, other - 282 sheep - 530 pigs - 175 chickens - 1920 cheese - 1 ton butter - 7 tons wheat, rye…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"Sheep and cattle could help his family a lot for what they need. Sheep gave them wool, while cattle gave them milk, hides, and meat for them to eat."

My Maine Stories

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Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.

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Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide