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Historical Items

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Item 16478

Maple Sap Spile, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Steel

Item 54853

Good Will boys at Maplecroft Sap House, Fairfield, ca. 1945

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1945 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 5653

Maple sap collecting, Lyman, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Lyman Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Maine Sweets: Confections and Confectioners

From chocolate to taffy, Mainers are inventive with our sweet treats. In addition to feeding our sweet tooth, it's also an economic driver for the state.

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A Focus on Trees

Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… the branches which threw the strength to the sap in the top & made it bear prematurely." View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River sapped popular support for continued resistance, convincing most residents to finally settle with…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"In addition, some trees were damp and had sap in them, so they would not be adequate fuel. Many trees died from the hostile storm, and several…"

My Maine Stories

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Passamaquoddy Maple, reaching back to our ancestral roots
by Marie Harnois

Tribally owned Passamaquoddy Maple is an economic and cultural heritage opportunity