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Historical Items

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Item 34215

Vaughan Farm, Barnyard, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 34216

Vaughan Farm, Titan tractor, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 34214

Vaughan Farm, hay raking, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

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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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Taber Wagon

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

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Food Administration endorsed “Farm Implement and Repair Week.” Every farmer in the nation was urged to make necessary repairs to their equipment…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… were proposed and new agricultural methods were implemented, and while the changes helped the state’s farmers somewhat, the unforgiving environment…"

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Haystack Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.