Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"A MARKET FOR STARCH Marketing potatoes at starch factories, Houlton, 1895Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum A tradition unique to many…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… to subsist off the land and to produce for markets, and it would assure that they could pass that prosperity down to future generations."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… father's experience with investments during the stock market crash. Did you have any troubles getting the basic necessities? Andrew Anderson, clip…"

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

"Considering the amount of stocks that had been sold they had enough money to complete the project. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… tax began to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… about people committing suicide about the great stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How…"

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

"was to purchase the outstanding stock of National Geographic Society's wholly owned subsidiary, Champion International, in Massachusetts, on June 4…"

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

"To maintain healthy stocks and assure consumer food safety, clamming is highly regulated. Clams are an important resource not only for human…"

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

"There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish market operated by Dan McEachern and Nick Stanley. The photography shop of Isaac T."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… were still two grocery stores in town but their stock was significantly reduced. There was only one gas station in Northeast Harbor, down from four."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… on, Joseph Fairbanks lived by buying and selling stock, frequently driving cattle to Quebec City. He later moved to the “Fairbanks” area, north of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… $150,000 and $250,000 (through a combination of stock sales and bootlegging ventures) and within five short months he erected the building that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… at work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads on hand. Our cattle must be so fed as to be able to work constantly; for this purpose…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… Kristen Sawyer: What do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Toward the end of the 1800s the lobster stock seemed to be in decline, spurring the enactment of laws to protect and conserve the lobster population."

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

"… jobs and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."

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

"… connection to Boston the town had the best stocked stores in the county. It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs. The photo on the left is of a hot air balloon that…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"When the stock market crashed in 1929, Nicolar returned home to the Penobscot reservation with her husband Bruce."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The idea was a hit and pledges of aid and stock subscriptions began coming in. Gould thought about the railroad idea."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Aroostook County focused on the potato with table stock, seed and starch potatoes as the three most important market outlets."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931 The stock market crash of 1929, however, brought the country's prosperity to a sudden end, and in Bangor…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams built in Eastport, one…"