Keywords: book bag
Item 22987
School book bag, Mapleton, 1923
Contributed by: Haystack Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Mapleton Media: Cloth
Item 112086
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 3, 1717-1781
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1717–1781 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Item 37312
165-171 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles H Robinson Use: Store
Exhibit
Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
Exhibit
Maine Eats: the food revolution starts here
From Maine's iconic lobsters, blueberries, potatoes, apples, and maple syrup, to local favorites like poutine, baked beans, red hot dogs, Italian sandwiches, and Whoopie Pies, Maine's identity and economy are inextricably linked to food. Sourcing food, preparing food, and eating food are all part of the heartbeat of Maine's culture and economy. Now, a food revolution is taking us back to our roots in Maine: to the traditional sources, preparation, and pleasures of eating food that have sustained Mainers for millennia.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857
"… high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks Martin wrote from 1864 to about 1898 comment on…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat
"The next morning, Henry left carrying a bag on his shoulder. Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the…"
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes