Inventions Used in Dennysville, Maine
Archive
Materials related to a snow roller and a hay scales. In addition, there is a photocopy of an image of Sir Hiram Maxium [Maxim] who was born in Maine in 1840, and is credited with inventions including the mouse trap, curling iron, stem pumps, and a fully automatic weapon, the Maxim gun.
A note on the exterior of the booklet offering hay scales reads, "DRHS Dennys River Historical Society booklet on hay scales. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Acquired 2023 (Gardner's Store in Dennysville had a similar hay scales."
circa 1870 - circa 2000
Three items: Photocopy of photo of inventor Sir Hiram Maxim, two pages of an article in Yankee Magazine (January, 1970), describing a snow roller, and a booklet related to hay scales published by Fairbanks & Co of St. Johnsbury, Vermont (c. 1870).
Box 31, folder 7
Vestry Museum
