Maine Memory Network

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Painters were needed to varnish and paint the ship’s topsides and hulls. Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… was ocupied a number of years by Horatio Beale Painter & glazer then by Mr Samuel Lunt thereby Wm S Persons then by J S Stodard then Mrs Cary sold…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Phillebrown Blacksmith James Collins “ A. Spooner Painter I.L. Tripp Lumber Dealer A. Jordan “ “ W. Pratt Shingle Mfg. Col. C. Harvey “ “ I.E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In August 1855, the painter Frederick Church, who had already come to the island several times, accompanied the Charles Tracy family for a stay in…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Willard School Teacher J.G. Young Painter Wm. Bentlett Justice of the Peace Wm. Jacobs Carder & Clothier J.W."

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