Keywords: Pond Block
Item 28627
Meadow Pond, Islesboro, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: Postcard
Item 34047
Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 89174
Downes property, East End Avenue Near Ice Pond, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Cynthia A. Downes Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 90753
Charleton property, Central Avenue, N. Side Pond Grove, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alice M. Charleton Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 116283
Fitzgerald Block, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond
"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair
"… showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block. You would have to cut it to fit the ice box and then carry it up to the…"
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
