Maine Memory Network

Packed With Pride potato bag, Monticello, 1970

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Monticello Media: Paper

Star lobster packing label, ca. 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1867 Location: Portland; Paris Media: Ink on paper

Fish Packing, Deaks Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Brawn Willard Company Use: Fish Packing

1 Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Fish Packing

Portland Packing Company, Portland, 1916-1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: Portland; Skowhegan Client: Portland Packing Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Butler Manufacturing Buildings in various towns, Bangor, 1949-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Bangor Clients: Charles W. Tenbroeck; Butler Manufacturing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Ice: A Maine Commodity

Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Forsters

Co. of Strong produced round clothespins under the World's Fair brand name and packed them in boxes of 30 for a nationwide market.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Items

Co. of Strong produced round clothespins under the World's Fair brand name and packed them in boxes of 30 for a nationwide market.

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life