Keywords: Food Consumption
Item 74770
'Maine Produces' button, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Media: Metal, celluloid
Item 104292
Jonesport Brand River Herring, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Jonesport Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes
Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family
"When she was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23. "Fly Rod" CrosbyMaine State Museum If one family member died of consumption…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early industry to satisfy basic human needs."
Story
Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila
Animal agriculture's ties to climate change
Story
Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila
Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases
