Maine Memory Network

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

"This dependence on Eastport for goods and transportation did not sit well with Lubec’s merchants and a committee, including C.J. Staples, B.M."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"And Calvin London, a good man giving his time to the kids as in preceding years, with his dinghy and its outboard motor."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

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

"I just couldn’t. It was a great thing and it was good for my mother and father, too. J: Where did you get your beautiful gown for the ball? S: Well…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to curtail illicit trade in the border region, goods continued to flow freely between the U.S. and British provinces."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… that the unusually high tides, swift currents and good boat service between Eastport and Lubec would facilitate successful operation of the plant."

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

"… not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks, for good reason. When Landmarks acquired McCurdy’s, the horses had long since been replaced."

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

"… jobs, and for this skilled work, they received good pay. Sardine Company Factory A Employees, Lubec, ca."

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

"… of islanders, meat and produce, flour, candy, and household goods. It was a long day for a store owner who kept the doors open all day and then…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… endless hours women spent meeting the demands of household and family garment sewing. On the other hand, speedier sewing encouraged extra detailing…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… have nowhere to get common goods such as food and household items. In addition, Buckfield once had its own Health Center."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"… into the nature of working class life in an urban household of mid-19th-century Portland. What is a privy? Privies or outhouses were bathrooms and…"

New Sweden Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Within two years there were nine households on Mount Desert and three on the Cranberry Isles. And two years after that the island's first road…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Elizabeth ran the Portland household. In 1797, Charles was married. Zilpah, age 19, and Elizabeth, 18, were cultured and refined young women whose…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… factories and then look after the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost fingers on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… sold for money, made into clothes, or used for household work. Benjamin Chesley also sold properties for new settlers in the town of Lincoln…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Private households and businesses first brought electricity to Swan's Island by purchasing generators."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… supposed to be living together in the same household. The races, even in the north that was supposedly so enlightened, even blacks and whites…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or winter quarters. By the age of 10, boys and girls were skilled…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… The Lawrence farm produced crops and food for the household and also sold to local and distant markets."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… and minutes, outline contributions of shoes or household items to less fortunate families. Both the Farmington Public Library and The Farmington…"