Keywords: essential worker
Item 105868
Postal worker appreciation, Portland, 2020
Courtesy of an individual partner Date: 2020-04-20 Location: Portland Media: Digital image
Item 17135
Wingold flour barrel, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Littleton; Winona Media: Wood
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4
"… process, that is, one that changed little in its essentials through the years. It was almost entirely handwork, with hardly any mechanical assist."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"… but road conditions were so poor that use was essentially seasonal. Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and…"
Story
Appreciation sign for essential health care workers
by Henry J Gartley
A neighbor expresses their appreciation for the workers at a local nursing home.
Story
How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings
Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement
