Keywords: vegetation
Item 20151
Vegetable Bilious Bitters ad, Damariscotta, 1872
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1872 Location: Damariscotta Media: Ink on paper
Item 105769
Two piece gym uniform, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1925
Media: cotton, elastic, vegetable ivory
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Item 151875
Jensen residence, Belfast, 2009-2010
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2009–2010 Location: Belfast Clients: Mark Jensen; Charmaine Jensen Architect: Miranda Winter
Item 150861
Blaine House existing vegetation, Augusta, 1989
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: Blaine House Restoration Committee
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
Maine's Untold Vegetarian History
Vegetarianism has deep roots in Maine and this first-of-its-kind exhibition explores this untold story.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889
"… of his landscape designs, and the fruit trees and vegetables he grew. In a journal and scrapbooks he began writing and illustrating in 1864 to…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort
"Although vegetables cost less than things like meat because it was more plentiful, families wanted to do as much as they could to save ration tokens."
Story
Growing up on a potato and dairy farm
by Paula Woodworth
Life growing up and working on a potato and dairy farm was hard work but fun in Aroostook County.
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler