Keywords: brace
Item 13471
U.S. Lighthouse Establishment Dustpan ca. 1890
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1890 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Staten Island Media: Brass
Item 15436
Taber wagon with potato barrels, Caribou, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Caribou; Houlton Media: Digital photograph
Exhibit
The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2
"While exhibiting traditional braced frame construction with a rafter-purlin roof, the framing members are circular sawed, as are the piles of boards…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"… wedges," levers, block and tackle and wood bracing. Here the largest slab cut from the quarry is raised to be placed on a cart or wagon for…"
Story
Tracers
by anonymous
tracers, bonding, and fixations
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
