Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection by daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Occupational Photography Captain Lewis Mitchell, Portland, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society The presence of a farmer and a sailor on the Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"1934Hubbard Free Library The first known occupants of the house were Thomas Bond and his wife Lucretia who moved in after their wedding in 1805."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… the stream was called Bombahook by its original occupants, the Abenaki Indians. Another belief is that Sheppard's Point at the end of the stream is…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Architecture in the 20th Century

"… the various customs, styles and tastes of their occupants over the years. The Blood House, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… Co-op.Swan's Island Historical Society Three occupational areas, in particular, have an interesting historical background."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"For many years, the directories list all occupants of a particular address, often list occupations, and can help verify -- through the "reverse"…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"Some of the occupations included lumbering; farming, which included tending sheep as there were as many as 6000 sheep on Long Island a the time of…"

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"He also listed the members of the band and their occupations. He created portions of the 1864 scrapbook contemporaneously with the events."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Working in factories was a very popular occupation in the 1800’s. At one point, 306,000 people (which was about 40 percent of the working population…"

Stanley Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… were cordoned-off seasonally from the year-round occupants with features such as pocket doors, and rented to summer guests over the years…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages constructed buildings for themselves and others in the off season."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… split up, and expanded as needed to suit the occupants, giving true meaning to such Yankee sayings as “waste-not, want-not” or “eat it up, wear it…"

Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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

"… other Mount Desert Island buildings and their occupants, past and present, can tell, and how we might need to look to these examples of reinvention…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Agriculture is seen as the noblest of occupations, as it began in the Garden of Eden. Aurora Grange, 1910Strong Historical Society Local…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… Light Station, is another relic of native land occupation. As its name suggests, it was at one point a burial place."

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… of photography as a technology, discipline, art, occupation, cultural phenomenon, and language. The Early Maine Photography collection at MHS is…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… the large land-owning proprietors and the settler-occupants of these tracts of land, often without a mention of Indigenous inhabitants or legacies."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Old Ell finally became more right-sized for its occupants during the 1950s. Mame was an independent character who never married, remaining single…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Museum From agriculture to industry, work and occupational songs help laborers move together, relieve boredom of repetitive movements, learn about…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… that the ownership had been changed and the occupants would remain the same. There was also a building in the Columbian Block that was used for…"