Keywords: machine shop
Item 102042
Saco and Pettee Machine Shops order acknowledgment, Biddeford, 1908
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908-02-14 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Postcard
Item 17356
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Derby Machine Shop, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Derby Media: Photographic print
Item 86288
Machine Shop, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Jones Real Estate Company Use: Machine Shop
Item 86302
Machine Shop, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Pauline Willis Use: Machine Shop
Item 110184
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
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Randlett. The ice cream shop still remains, now known as the Dark Harbor Shop. Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4
"The bodice is trimmed with machine-made blue fringe, knotted at the header, and black machine-made lace at the neck, peplum waist (short, gathered…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
