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Ice cutting

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During the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, inhabitants of valley towns cut ice on the Androscoggin River for use in preserving foods during the hot summer months. Although ice-harvesting on the Androscoggin did not become of major commercial…

Ice harvesting sampler [videorecording]

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Five short silent films from the 1920s-1940s showing a near-forgotten New England industry.

Contents: Everett Johnson Collection. Long Pond-South Portland, Maine. 1943 -- Robert Taylor Collection. East Andover, Mass. 1927 -- Good Will-Hinckley…

Collection: Video Library

Immigrants to New England, 1700-1775

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

In His Home: Memories of Dr. N. T. True

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In His Home: Memories of Dr. N. T. True by Marian True Gehring Entrance hall, Dr. Nathaniel Tuckerman True residenceBethel, Maine, circa 1885 Many appreciative words have kept my father’s memory green, coming from many sources, and gratefully…

In our own words : New England diaries, 1600 to the present / editor, Peter Benes

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Contents: v.1. Diary diversity, coming of age; v.2. Neighborhoods, war, travel, and history

Collection: Books and Pamphlets

In the blood [videorecording] : an illustration of the Maine lumbermen and river drivers / Don't Hit Your Sister Recordings presents

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Lumbermen began living in logging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s and were the pioneers who created successful community and on who's backs the state's economy and history were largely established. This film offers accurate, detailed, and…

Collection: Video Library

In the Maine woods : a guidebook for sportsmen / written and arranged by Winfield M. Thompson

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Contents: Fishing, canoeing and summer life in northern Maine--Big game in the Maine woods

Collection: Books and Pamphlets