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Item 15435

Offset hewing axe, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1860 Location: Oakland Media: Forged iron and weld steel

Item 15434

Hewing axe, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Location: Madison Media: Forged steel

Item 15623

Hewing Axe, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Scarborough Media: Forged iron with steel cutting edge

Item 16807

Hewing ax, ca. 1650

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1650 Media: Forged iron and steel, wooden handle.

Item 14579

Cooper's Broad Axe, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1830 Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 8462

Grinding axes, Maine woods, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Item 16804

Mortising axe, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Metal, wood

Item 10292

Broad axe, Alna, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Alna Media: Forged Iron

Item 23446

Iron axe head, Auburn, ca. 1700

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1700 Location: Auburn Media: Iron

Item 15626

Broad Axe, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1840 Location: Cornville Media: Forged iron, wooden handle

Item 13585

Crandall's Lumber Camp, Big Smith Brook, 1889

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1889-12-29 Media: Photographic print

Item 15627

Hewing Axe, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1840 Location: Clinton Media: Forged iron and weld steel, wood handle

Item 76173

Brandishing trophies, Sugarloaf, 1971

Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print

Item 7543

Native American grooved axe head, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Newcastle Media: Stone

Item 101162

Sportsman at Buckhorn Camp, Jo-Mary Lakes, 1910

Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1910 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 4 Media: Photographic print

Item 97125

Workers, woodsmen, guides, Norcross, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1900 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print

Item 7534

Wabanaki axe, Mount Kineo, ca. 1000

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1000 Location: Mt. Kineo; Rockwood Media: Stone

Item 27636

Battle-Axe Factory, Lubec, 1900, 1900

Contributed by: Robert & Nancy Michael through Lubec Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Glass Negative

Item 14280

Hose 5 Fire Museum - Wall of Tools, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bangor Media: Wood, metal

Item 110697

Students chopping tree, Farmington Normal School, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1927 Location: Farmington Media: photographic print

Item 105168

Fire equipment sleigh, Houlton, ca. 1880

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1880 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard

Item 104351

"Cut logs now!," World War II poster, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1943 Media: Lithograph

Item 10384

Cleaver, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1865 Location: Augusta Media: Cast steel with wooden handle

Item 79277

6th Maine special requisition form, 1863

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1863 Location: Potomac Creek Media: Ink on paper

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