Keywords: work shop
Item 23666
Wood shop, Maine School for the Deaf, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 27475
Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington, 1903
Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1903-03-31 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
Item 86342
41-45 Custom House Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Custom House Wharf Use: Machine Shop
Item 99202
7 Gertrude Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Murray F. Kellam Use: Dwelling
Item 110077
Store building at Peaks Island, Portland, 1927-1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1936 Location: Portland Client: Maine Forty Four Corporation Architect: John P. Thomas
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.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975
"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop
"Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop Former site of Knox's wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where…"
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
Story
Bob Hodge:A rocky road to become Biddeford school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The son of immigrants, Bob's hard work and determination leads to a life of community service.
