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Historical Items

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Item 27496

E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 27451

E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 27439

Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Farmington Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116479

Portland Packing Company, Portland, 1916-1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: Portland; Skowhegan Client: Portland Packing Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Canning: A Maine Industry

Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.

Exhibit

Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine

Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.

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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.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Corn Canning Industry By 1913, Maine employed 7,000 people in corn factories, one-third of them women."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop, Farmington Falls, ca. 1895

"Dingley Corn Shop where corn from area was husked and canned. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

"Dingley Corn Shop in Farmington Falls. Bushels of corn are in foreground. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics