Keywords: Early Houlton
Item 11114
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-27 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 105275
Franklin Avenue from Reservoir Hill, Houlton, 1908
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1908-06-19 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard
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Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
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The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
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"… Maine: Penobscot and Passamaquoddys in the 1970s, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in 1980, and Mi’kmaq Nation in 1991; the Maine Indian Claims…"
