Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… ware is attributed to an important New England factory. This glassware would have been very expensive at the time."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… her sons in Lewiston, supporting them with a shoe factory job. The Maine Country Music Hall of Fame inducted Cody in 1979, noting her as Maine’s…"

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

"… including a gristmill, saw mills and even a clam factory, which existed briefly during the 1950's F.S."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… mills, law offices, retail stores, and a woolen factory. The railroad arrived in 1871 creating opportunities for business to expand."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… and his son Horatio operated a corn canning factory that provided seasonal employment for many local young people."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"In 1910 Mary investigated a fire in a New Jersey factory that killed 25 women. She wrote an article about the fire after her investigation into the…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… himself invented most of the machines used in the factory. Some of the spruce gums Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce,"…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… were low; a person could make as much money in a factory as in a classroom after years of education."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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