Keywords: Timers
Item 74880
Hotpoint automatic Range Timer, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Cast iron, glass
Item 29431
Joppa North End, Hallowell, ca. 1885
Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1885 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life
"To add to the fun, Seal Harbor held an annual Old-Timers basketball game, pitting the village team against the "old-timers" outfitted in long-johns…"
Site Page
"… manifested today by the partnership of old-timers, newcomers, downtown and beach residents, for the benefit of all."
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
