Keywords: Butter Street
Item 35285
Main Street butter line, Biddeford, 1943
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 35290
Butter line during WWII, Biddeford, 1943
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 57453
9 Hanover Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Ella M. Butters Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 76249
32-34 South Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William J. O'Neil Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was well-respected for the goods he sold. Centre street, Bath, ca."
Site Page
"… 10 bundles 3 barrels 1 gallon of rum 6 pounds of butter 1 barrel of molasses 1 cask of raisins 1 cask of oil 1 bundle of bed springs 54 1/2 of…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
