Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… replace the artist’s hand, but instead become a tool to be employed by artists. Some Maine artists offered the option to have portraits painted…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony

"There are a lot of tools that were used back in the early 1900s that we still use today. Thank you to the Stockholm Museum for letting me view the…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… or profession, enhancing the image by holding the tools of their occupation. Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… of their trade or profession holding related tools or objects. In mid nineteenth century Maine music was popularized through the efforts of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"Using a broad axe and crude tools, Wheeler soon built a cabin for his family on a knoll which is now known as Dudley Street."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… project digitally draws together information and tools traditionally used by academic researchers—including finding aids, collections databases…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… pre-sealed ply-woods along with power assembly tools including portable saws and nail guns make a compelling argument to just tear down and haul…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… foodstuffs, cooking utensils, basketmaking tools, and other necessities. Often, Wabanakis used chair backs as frames for wrapping long lengths of…"

Davistown Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Here are some of the tools they used followed with their descriptions: Auger, Caulking Mallet, Horsing Iron, Jerry Iron, Nog, Oker, Pitch Ladle…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Some of the tools used to make baskets and other items were collected by museums in later years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Logging tools were very expensive, so people chose to make their own tools out of wood and metal. Wood wasnʼt expensive at all, for it was natural…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Then came the Shelter Institute and Woodbutcher tools from 1991-1999 and the Bath Amusement Center from 1967-1971, and many people lived there as…"

Byron Historical Society

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Using the Exhibit Builder tool provided on the Maine Memory Network, students pieced together paragraph after paragraph, bringing in the images they…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Part II is a Web-based “museum” of the tools and implements used in this process. Some of the tools and implements are in Lubec Landmarks collections."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"He was assisted by a man walking beside the truck. With this device, two men could load the truck. Like a lot of tools at the time, this hand grapple…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… took out a lease on the blacksmith shop and tools, managing the business on his own account until 1805, when he turned it over it to John Gleason…"

Stockholm Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"It is the deadliest whaling weapon that had ever been used. Whaling History These are methods and tools used to whale."