Oakland (ME) History and Genealogy

Oakland (ME) History and Genealogy
This page no longer has any connection with the Oakland Area Historical Society

   

In Honor of Oakland's Veterans
A listing of Oakland's war veterans from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day

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Oakland Axes, from "Memories of Maine", Kennebec and Androscoggin River Valleys Edition, Summer 2014, used with the kind permission of 


David Branch, Publisher, 110 Marginal Way, Suite 123, Portland, Me. 04101

www.memoriesofmainemagazine.com

(207) 797-9597

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A MUST SEE!

Peter Vogt's Video of Emerson-Stevens, in operation in 1965

This is a short film made by Peter Vogt in 1965 about axe making in Oakland, Maine. It documents the process of creating fine axes in the Emerson Stevens shop -- the last axe factory to operate in Oakland. Oakland was once a world-famous center of quality blade-making.

 
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