Maine Memory Network

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

"… in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"In the evening they played a card game called whist, read novels, analyzed flowers and prepared animal specimens (e.g., stuffed birds), and took…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… today! If people wanted ice they would put this card in the window showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and jig saw puzzles. St."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"Other people pay $40 for a library card each year. This information about the Patten Free Library in Bath highlights the past and present…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… way to Bangor or Howland to get my letters and cards from them. That is one reason why I think it is very important that we have the postal office."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… cheese and starch making facilities, and wool carding products. Rumford (first known as New Pennacook Township) was visited by the Anasagunticook…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… like Bath, people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people not to enter due to infected residents inside."

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

"… built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses. John Elliott built a mill on Lemon Stream at the…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… Historical Society Stereoptic Card of Rollo Pond, Farmington, ca. 1895Farmington Historical Society The Abbott School was gone, and the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… the two lines the operator put in a type of time card, and the operators would get paid from two to ten dollars per week."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Soon after this, a fulling and carding mill was constructed to process wool. Waterpower generated from the middle channel of the sluiceway supported…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Stereoptic Card of The Titcomb-Linscott House, Farmington, ca. 1890 Known for years as the Dr. Linscott House, this was the home of John & Lydia…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Historical Society Freda Hillman's Report Card Farmington Historical Society The rules regarding a student’s attendance at school were…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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