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Historical Items

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Item 16062

Maine Farmers Exchange holiday potato bag, Presque Isle, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1975 Location: Presque Isle Media: Paper

Item 14722

Farmdale Brand potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1980

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1980 Location: Presque Isle Media: Paper

Item 14745

White Crown Brand potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1970

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Presque Isle Media: Paper

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine

Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building X Text by Mindy and Liza, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The town entered a period of growth and prosperity and in 1820, the year that Maine separated from Massachusetts to become the 23rd state, the road…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone

A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s