Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910

"The card advertises a garage for autos, a good livery, and also that a coach will meet all trains coming to Farmington."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… details in the drawing, including Card's Cove, Cards Brook, Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"DeGarmo Brookes, comments on card playing, provides a program of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… glaze from behind dark windows; playing cards by candlelight with battery-run radios humming to fill silence."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"On a 1909 post card the old bridge appears to be mostly constructed of wood. The Concrete Bridge replaced the old bridge."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Early in the 1800s, carding mills were built that combed, spun and wove wool into a variety of cloths."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Carding mills have to brush or card the wool before it can be spun into yarn for knitting or weaving into cloth."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Worster House card, Hallowell, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Since 1832, this hotel served the public."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Apparently each borrower had a set of these cards, in effect a complete library catalogue that they could consult at leisure and in which they could…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"Black Joseph Card Calvin Bakeman Eben Merrill Rebecca Raynes Charles Merrill Elm House, Bangor Thomas Finson Skinner Farm, Brewer Henry K."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… services, or shows, many designed calling cards and flyers, composed ads to place in newspapers, and turned photos of themselves into postcards…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"Mark Gould report card, Biddeford, 1854-55McArthur Public Library The 1840s and 50s were full of firsts for Biddeford: the opening of the steam…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"In spite of prohibitions against dancing, cards, billiards, etc., increased leisure time and prosperity heightened the demand for such entertainments…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"Overindulgence post card, 1938Maine Historical Society I'm Making Whoopie-e at Old Orchard Beach, 1938 Postcard Collections of Maine Historical…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"W.W. Jordan ran a carding and novelty mill making good use of available water power. A short distance from the girst mill was a shoe shop owned by…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"If people wanted ice, they would put a card in the window showing how much ice they wanted. Ice was either a ten cents block or a twenty cents block."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… today!” “If people wanted ice they would put this card in the window showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They read stories, played cards, and did anything that could interest them. In spring, workers from out of state came to drive the logs."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Records Genealogy Records Photographs Post Cards Reference Books Permanent and changing exhibits Islesboro Central School PO Box 118 159 Alumni…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"… cost money to rent, you had to have a library card. In the 1920s-1980s there were multiple librarians; some were Mary Buzzell, Sadie Adams, Evelyn…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… albumen print, carte de visite, cabinet cards, or even lantern slides and glass negatives could be considered early, as many find their origins…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… the Patten Free Library Davis Hatch trade card, Bath, ca. 1875Patten Free Library Do you know what a merchant is? A merchant is a buyer or…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"This was to manufacture all the postal cards used by the United States Post Office. The Oxford was producing these cards at a rate of 3,000,000 per…"