Maine Memory Network

Shoe Factories, Springvale, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Sanford Media: Glass Negative

Viner's Shoe Crew

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

36-38 Pearl Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Shoe Manufacturing Company Use: Factory

9-15 Lowell Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: West End Realty Company Use: Factory - Shoe

Alteration and Additions to Factory Building for Lunn & Sweet Shoe Co., Auburn, 1916-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1919 Location: Auburn Client: Lunn and Sweet Shoe Company Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Factory at the corner of Lowell and Cherry Streets, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland; Portland Client: West End Realty Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900Hubbard Free Library The Johnson Shoe Factory was a large part of history in Hallowell.

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

23, 2011) Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900. n.d. n.d. < http:/www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29429>. Maine Memory Network. n.d.

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down