Keywords: Measuring
Item 14613
Measuring wheel, Fort Kent, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fort Kent Media: Steel, wood
Item 21224
Wood grain measures, New Sweden, ca. 1880
Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
Site Page
Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding
She measured 739 tons. Her keel was built of oak from the trees of Biddeford and surrounding York County.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering
… Educational Society With strict conservation measures the lobster industry has remained healthy along the Maine coast from Kittery north including…
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
