Keywords: Co-ops
Item 101108
Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 16705
Quality Market, Washington Street, Sanford, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events
"… park, people walk down to the fisherman’s co-op wharf and watch a wreath being thrown into the harbor commemorating those whose lives were lost at…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts
"… first woman manager of the Swan's Island Electric Co-op.Swan's Island Historical Society Three occupational areas, in particular, have an…"
