Maine Memory Network

Elliott hand cranked addressing machine, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Metal

WWI postcard from Clifford Rowe to Lloyd Herrick, Augusta, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Augusta; Old Town; Eddington Media: Postcard

11-13 Custom House Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Shop - Machine

134-142 Middle Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Henry M. Jones Use: Shop - Machine

Machine Shop for the Thos. Laughlin Co., Portland, 1905-1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905–1920 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Thomas Laughlin Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint shops) and exit on the other side of the building a finished fire truck ready for…"

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR