Keywords: Trenton
Item 18845
Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Trenton Media: Photographic print
Item 18846
Sunny Hollow Farm, Trenton, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Trenton Media: Photographic print
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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.
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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"Ellsworth selectmen strongly opposed their petition, but in 1809, the petition succeeded and parts of Surry and Trenton were annexed to Ellsworth."