Keywords: Fruit market
Item 16048
Fruit of the Earth potato bag, Woodland, 1990
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1990 Location: Woodland Media: Paper
Item 31298
Central Street, Economy's Market, Bangor, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 76265
119-123 Spring Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Samuel B. Thombs Use: Garage
Item 36400
62-64 Pine Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Enemark & Hodgkins Co. Use: Dwelling & Store
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
Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad
"… as well as improved the condition of eggs and fruit. Hervey Lowell built up such a large egg business, that he built an egg house near the store."
Site Page
"… By 1910, Northeast Harbor had four groceries, one fruit stand, two dry goods stores, four stables, three blacksmiths, three building contractors…"
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
Story
Two-minute Tale of the Pandemic
by Nancy Creighton Collins
What everyday life was like during the beginning of the pandemic.