One of the most delicious things that Mainers love to make – and consume – is maple syrup.
Given that Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is upon us, here’s a look back at some Maine maple syrup history from the 1950s to the ’90s.
Mark Potter, 6, and Susan Garsoe, 9, carry a pail of maple sap on March 12, 1957. The two friends were helping other local kids with maple syrup making, which began with tapping trees in their own yards and those of several neighbors in Cumberland Center.(Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
A trio of maple syrup fans enjoy maple ice cream on March 23, 1987 at Snell Farm in Bar Mills. (Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)On March 28, 1994, a Visitors on Maine Maple Sunday watch the magic unfold in a sugarhouse on March 28, 1994. (Portland Press Herald photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town…
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