Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959

"Delivery of generators, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Chase Transport Corporation…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought by the ferry, Everett Libby. The picture on the right shows the delivery of the smolt."

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"1939Hubbard Free Library In 1939, the last coal delivery was made to the Wingate Wharf, and in 1962 the last tanker off-loaded its cargo of heating…"

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… police are the only ones that can postpone the delivery of mail, otherwise mail must be delivered."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… which had a line of groceries and meats and free delivery. The store was sixteen feet by twenty-four feet and had two fulltime employees."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Many deliveries and shipments of goods went through Vose’s wharf. Also on the wharf was a blacksmith shop."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… Wells, Kennebunk, and Cape Porpoise, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to reside at Biddeford.” In…"

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… hundred years before zip codes and email, mail delivery was relatively simple and unsophisticated."

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

"… and '30s, a new form of serving customers by home delivery began to take place, first by horse and buggy, later by delivery truck."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In 1905 free mail delivery began on the new 23-mile route from New Sweden to about 120 houses. In 1924 a fine concrete bridge was finally built over…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… of the building a finished fire truck ready for delivery. Production stopped in the mid 1950s.(4) McCann Fire TruckScarborough Historical…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… very inconvenient to the settlers and often the delivery was long delayed or the mail lost The first office was established in 1844 and Benjamin…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… cart making an illegal, though hardly clandestine delivery. John Ford, movie director, ca. 1920Maine Historical Society John Ford ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… was designed, built and equipped for the delivery of a modern educational program for all the children of the community."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… an important part in the only statewide health delivery organization in Maine. Mercy now runs Mercy Primary Care practices across Cumberland…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In 1905, on a 233 mile delivery route, Olaf Anderson began to deliver the mail. The mail had to be delivered to around 120 houses all around…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Historical Society First Airmail Delivery On Thursday, May 19, 1938 a two seated biplane swooped down out of the skies and into the history…"

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

"… and employed drillers, saw-men, oxen teams, and delivery people. Wars and economic times impacted New Portland as in other areas."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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