Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Market Hall, Bangor, 1846

"Market Hall, Bangor, 1846 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… Olde Town & Millford Switch and crossing on Market Street." He drew the house as it looked before Samuel Veazie added a shed and made other…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The Bath Natural Market specializes in natural foods, wines and natural medicines. The Irish Pub is a restaurant."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… Alonzo Raynes Penobscot Bridge illustration Market Hall Stricklands Block Stetson Block Anna Raynes Rufus Prince First Baptist Church Gordon…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the 1870s, but those that remained found a steady market for wooden schooners in the ice and coal trade."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Donald A. Thurlow opened the Pine Point Seafood Market and sold fish, lobsters, clams and other seafood."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time. The market for salt fish expanded in 1800, leading more settlers to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"The grocery store is called Brackett's Market and it has absolutely nothing to do with entertainment. Dreamland Theater, Front Street, Bath, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… He wrote in the journal that he went to the market to buy potatoes on July 9, 1864, and took a sheet of paper with him so he could sketch the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"New to the market were jig saws and circular saws, which were used to make decorative treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Maine farms again try to focus on particular crops that not everyone is able to market. Maine blueberries still sell well and the maple syrup is…"

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

"At the same time urban markets welcomed this change of seafood. Steamboats were replacing the sailed boats and thus were better able to get the fresh…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… renewed interest in locally grown foods, farmer's markets and co-ops, new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local farming, two historical societies, a music lending library, and myriad…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Nearby were the Hillcrest Market, Robert Ash’s shoemaker’s shop, the Herrick family’s hotel/boarding house, and Mr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell, which he kept at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Main Coated Department had produced high gloss papers for many years and had been upgraded, but was still not equal to the market demands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another started to flourish -- tourism."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… “We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets. In he summer they would have soda in big tubs to keep it cold."

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"The view up Middle Street ends with City Hall in Market Square, now the site of the statue in Monument Square."