Keywords: Women business owners
Item 18600
Housewife turns mill machinery expert, 1955
Contributed by: An individual through Steep Falls Library Date: 1955 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print
Item 102015
Shoemaker Francis Raynes, South Berwick ca. 1890
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
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.
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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"Of course, we didn’t know it but they (the owners) knew by their books that things were going to happen. It just started to go right down hill."
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"… living in rows of company houses built by factory owners. Men gathered the herring from weirs, transported them to the factories, cooked the…"
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
