Maine Memory Network

Lillian Nordica on Coca-Cola Tray, 1975

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: 1975 Location: Farmington Media: Tin

Crumb Tray, Islesboro, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Islesboro Media: Silver plate

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"It was common to see a clam tray leaning against every fisherman’s house. The clam tray was used while cutting clams and usually held half a bushel…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… being pressed onto the filled cans waiting on trays on one side of each worker. Solder would still have to be used to seal the cans."

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.