Created by Molly Ockett Middle School students
This woven basket was made in Lovell, Maine by Albra Lord. It has a handle made out of wood. The top two strips on the inside of the basket are blue and red. There are two rivets on the handle. Albra Lord made baskets from brown ash, pounding the strips of wood until the growth rings separated. His baskets became well known in the area, and he once turned down an offer from a Detroit hotel for 40 baskets, saying he could sell all the baskets he made locally for $1.25 each.
Hay wagon with Ruth and Earl Rodgerson standing on top.
Bessie (Andrews) Irish with 10 3/4 pound salmon on the side porch of the Kimball Stanford House. The 10 3/4 lb. salmon was taken from Upper Kezar Lake in Lovell.
Apple corer and parer tool, Lovell, Maine with heart-shaped designs inside the gears.
With the apple mounted on this tool, while turning the handle, the apple is both cored and pared.
Don Dickerman was a New York City night club owner. He purchased a large tract of shore land on the west side of Kezar Lake in the early 1900's. Many famous celebrities visited Kezar while he was in summer residence. He was quite the character in Lovell, dressing up as a pirate and having a float for the annual Lovell Old Home Days. To promote the event he distributed these posters throughout town.
Boy with top hat and in costume, with two girls also in costumes. Decorated pony cart. Children unknown.
Cider Press in Lovell, Maine, 1892, pictured left to right: J. Emery, Wesley Heald, and Alonzo D. Seavy. "Among early colonists the apple orchard was an integral part of every homestead, not only for food, but also for drink. Hard cider was the national drink, being served at every meal. Like most rural towns, Lovell had many homemade cider mills and even in the 1890's most town families had a barrel or two of cider in the basement."-Living in Lovell: The Fall Harvest.
Clifford Kimball with a pair of young steer. In the background is the home of Sam Ring, Jr., at Number 4. At the right are barns that were a part of the E.G. Kimball Farm.
