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Historical Items

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Item 98907

Russell S. Morse Cabbage Slicer, East Dixfield, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: East Dixfield Media: Wood, metal

Item 99418

Woodbury K. Dana with cotton harvester, Westbrook, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Westbrook Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 15267

Silas W. Taber patent 719,531, Houlton, 1902

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1902 Location: Houlton Media: Drawing

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Online Exhibits

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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

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Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.

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Capt. Grenville F. Sparrow, 17th Maine

Grenville F. Sparrow of Portland was 25 when he answered Lincoln's call for more troops to fight the Confederates. He enlisted in Co. A of Maine's 17th Volunteer Infantry regiment. He fought in 30 battles between 1862 and the war's end in 1865.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… began writing in 1864, Martin described a cart he invented in about 1833 -- and provided a detailed illustration."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… scrapbook begins with his reflections on the new inventions and changes in life -- trolleys, gas, electric street lights, and U.S. Mail boxes."

My Maine Stories

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Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25

How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.

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Working as a telephone operator in the 1940s
by Doris Tardy

Working as a telephone operator in 1946 was new and exciting, and challenging.

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My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese

I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.