Keywords: World's Fair
Item 8736
North Waterford World's Fair, 1906
Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Waterford Media: Postcard
Item 57182
Elise F. White World's Fair pass, New York, 1939
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939 Location: New York Media: Ink on paper, photograph
Item 111319
Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1904 Location: St. Louis Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Exhibit
Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest
"… a contest in 1893, offering trips to the World's Fair -- the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago."
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Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930
"Burr, 4th grade; Mrs. Whittier, 5th grade; Miss Fairly, 6th grade; Miss Graves, 7th grade; Miss Adams, 8th grade; Mr."
Story
Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER
A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.
