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Item 18729

Sugar cane harvesting in Cuba, 1873

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Portland Media: Oil painting

Item 1330

Brown's Sugar Refinery ruins after fire, Portland, 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866-07-12 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

Item 102453

Old sugar house at night, Stowe, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Stowe Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Online Exhibits

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Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

"Chops and Tomato Sauce" as prepared for Samuel Pickwick, ca. 1890

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

W. R. Allan Residence, Dennysville, ca. 1910

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Maple sugar was also in demand as a way to become less dependent on imported molasses and sugar from the West Indies."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… included coal and flour from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The syrup was a staple sugar source to early inhabitants; it is believed local Indians, such as Pierpole, taught the residents how to boil sap into…"