Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"A real estate business was established during the 1880s and was known as the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… While a small number of White New England women owned property, many others facilitated the settlement of early Maine."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Women sorted, added any condiments and packed the sardines into cans. Each factory would sound its own distinctive whistle to alert workers that…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"The women decorated the floats and ours was beautiful. John Tyler drove the truck that pulled the float."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Although he was new to the business, he understood how to hire the right people for the job and how to execute his creative vision."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"… of the disaster featuring images from their own photographers, as well as those of the Kennebec Journal."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… with her aunt inside it before he escaped to his own cottage with the victim. He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Bolstered by this agreement and their own determination the committee returned to Lubec and formed a company to construct such a wharf."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"They too, as John McCurdy, learned from family members how to manage the manifold aspects of the business with skill and understanding."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Summer residents began to buy their own property and built family homes, establishing a second summer community for the island."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more. This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"At one time he owned more wooden sailing vessels than anyone in the United States. There are several stories about how the settlement of Guinea…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"and Edwin owned the largest fleet of sailing vessels in the United States. As one can imagine, transportation to and from an island adds another…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… to wear with large skirts or bustles dominated women's outerwear in the earlier part of this period."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"… the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of life, demonstrate the democratic, equalizing nature of modern…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Islesboro's early settlers depended on privately owned boats for transportation to the mainland. Boats of all sizes and types, from rowboats and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"The private owned category was for people who owned cars or some motorized, old, mechanical machine. Most contests were between teams of firemen."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"… debt Marcellus Emery Bill Bartlett Bangor Union Womens' fashion Pro Andrew Johnson meeting Spencer A. Pratt Joseph Mitchell Mutual Store James G."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… rayon, perceived as being "modern," came into its own in the 1930s. Day dress with jacket, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Just how…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… into a store that sold apparel for both men and women. It was well known for the place to buy the best “knickers” in town."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… the dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own family connections to quarry workers. Please join us in our exploration of Baird's quarry, from…"