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Historical Items

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Item 12981

Lilian Washburn with cow, Livermore, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

Item 12978

Lilian Washburn at Norlands with cow, 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

Item 12980

Lilian Washburn and cow at Norlands, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

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

Item 109446

Horse and Cow Barns for Insane Hospital, Augusta, 1895-1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895–1912 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109440

Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta; Vinylhaven, 1893-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1907 Location: Vinylhaven; Augusta; Vinylhaven Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Online Exhibits

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In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Exhibit

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"- Pause - Marion: Like I said cows and chickens. Anna: Cows and chickens, so you used them for food? Marion: Yes."

Site Page

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… Wadsworth (1748-1826) "What will you do for a cow? If Charles cannot provide a milk cow you must buy one, for the family cannot do without." -…"

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… of Maine officials and housed in Nowick’s old cow barn converted for the special guests. Surry Opera Company & Leningrad Amateur Opera…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph

Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.

Story

Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change

Story

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.