Many of the items in the permanent collection on the upper floors deal with the subject matter of the new exhibit at the Maine MILL in the Bates Mill Complex in Lewiston.
Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
Noella Buck, left, 1 year old, sits with lambs and sheep Saturday at a Lamb Cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth. Quinn Legere, 10 months old, sits on the right.
Noella Buck, 1 year old, smiles at a lamb Saturday at a Lamb Cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth.
Kiersten Legere holds her daughter Quinn,10 months, so she can admire a cow at a Lamb Cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth on Saturday.
Raelynne Arel, 7, reaches through a fence Saturday to pet Carina the horse at a lamb cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth earlier this month. She was with her father, Dustyn Wyman.
A young visitor to Sunflower Creamery in Cumberland on May 19 holds a goat named Betty White during a "Babies to Bed Night" event at the farm.
Emilie Conti reacts Saturday to a lamb sucking on her mother's hand at a lamb cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth earlier this month.
Beckett Miller, 1, approaches a rooster at a Lamb Cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth earlier this month. The farm staff handles the chickens and roosters from birth, which makes them friendly and easy to pet.
Zane Burgess, 2, pets a tame chicken Saturday at a lamb cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth earlier this month. Beside the lambs and chickens, there were horses and cows for children to pet.
Emilie Conti, hangs onto her mother's legs Saturday as she considers the miniature horse, Pixie, at a Lamb Cuddling event at Fox Farm in Monmouth. Erin Fox keeps the horse on a leash from the right.
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