Keywords: kettle
Item 100308
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: circa 1765 Location: Windham; Portland Media: Brass
Item 7994
Kettle-tilting device, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood
"He created a tea kettle with a special bottom. He invented an advertising match box, which he likely didn’t mass produce."
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Rumford Area Historical Society
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