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Historical Items

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Item 102515

Noonday meal, New Portland, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: New Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 8274

Cookee Serving Meal on Drive, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 53011

Redington-Gilman girls dining, Fairfield, ca. 1955

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"… not afford to feed their families all three meals at the fair. Families brought their lunch, and for supper they would snake at the food booths."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations. Islanders would make a point of having a lobster meal as part of their 4th celebrations."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… (1832-1911) relatives took in guests and provided meals while they consolidated their immediate families into a few of the houses clustered further…"

My Maine Stories

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Two generations tell the family's Paper story
by Normand and Richard Paradis

Father and son discuss their lives working for International Paper and changes over time

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Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani

Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.

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How to prepare "Paquet de poisson a la vapeur"
by Titi de Baccarat

Making Gabonese cuisine in Portland Maine