Keywords: wild animal parks
Item 9342
Admiral and Maud, Carrabassett, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Item 9343
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Carrabassett Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Fish and clams were plentiful, as well as wild duck. Wildlife included fox and mink. Deer arrived in the 1930s and are now abundant."
Story
Importance of Insects in Maine
by Charlene Donahue
Doing Insect surveys with the Maine Entomological Society
