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Skyline Farm

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and sale to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… WWI took the men out of the fields, leaving farm hands in short supply. Agriculture During World War I World War I began in Europe in 1914 and the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Yarmouth Historical Society Farming: All Hands Needed At the time, most towns in Cumberland County were very small."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"This picture on the right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950. It shows two men loading barrels and one man setting the barrels in place on…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Norton, Floyd. Norton's hand-hewn history of Maine and its representative Town of Cumberland. Cumberland, Maine: Floyd Norton, n.d."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… means for purchasing provisions was in enemy hands. Food was practically non-existent. The bumper crops of hay and grain, which had been expected…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"On the right, two men are loading a barrel by hand. The man is on the truck is placing the barrels. Other trucks had a hydraulic hoist."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes BARREL GRAPPLES Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"The entire Maine Public crew on hand works to secure hundred of yards of rope to the tree. Presque Isle Historical Society Cutting down…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"His mother then decided to lease out the farm for which Arthur was happy as he did not enjoy farming. Arthur’s first job was at the age of 14."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

"There is also a seal in the lower left-hand corner. It is a little uncertain, but we believe in the 1920's the library no longer issued these…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"The window shows black hands passing/receiving a torch and some weapons of war which might have something to do with the Civil War, which ended just…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… to do, before they started, and in his honest off-hand way, stepped towards Mr. Davis and presented him with a massive solid silver watch-chain, as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates the hand digger…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… the need to remove potatoes from the rows by hand, although there were some workers with hand diggers who could keep up with the early mechanical…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"He stuffed a dollar in her hand as they were leaving and told her not to tell his wife. After high school, she became a telephone operator for a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"… was sold to Joe Lockhart who opened Joe’s Second Hand Shop. In 1993, the building was sold to the Northeastland Hotel."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… mighty band from “Aroostook land” with heart and hand so true They are with you to stay and they’re backing you today - - John R."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… son are tempered by the affectionate holding of hands by father and son and the boy’s Napoleonic pose of his other hand in his coat."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… Thomaston lime business and farm property in the hands of Captain Ballard Green and Peter H. Green (brothers) and found the property was not…"

Stockholm Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"There is no quick way to harvest clams; only hand tools or hands are allowed by the state. The process of harvesting clams hasn’t changed over the…"