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Keywords: Fruit market

Historical Items

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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 14430

Pedestal Fruit Bowl Basket

Contributed by: Abbe Museum Date: circa 1930 Media: Ash, sweetgrass, Hong Kong cord

Tax Records

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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

Online Exhibits

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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

How Sweet It Is

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.

Exhibit

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

Site Pages

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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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… By 1910, Northeast Harbor had four groceries, one fruit stand, two dry goods stores, four stables, three blacksmiths, three building contractors…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Everyone cleared land and planted fruit trees and grew vegetables. They hunted. They made their clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep…"

My Maine Stories

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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.

Story

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.