Maine Memory Network

Tate House Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting was not only a local, state or national trade, ice was shipped all over the world as far as South America, India and China."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success. Half of their business was in the Far East…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… X Chinese export porcelain punch bowl China, 1760-1770 Enamel-painted decoration Courtesy of W.M. Schwind, Jr."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Kexiong, Chen. Yangtze! Yangtze! China, 1870, http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/pi/documents/three_gorges/Yangtze/ch18.html Lyn Riddle, published…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Hanscom of China, the search for gold in California proved fatal, for he died of small pox in Sacramento."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… are gathered or bunched into floppy puffs at the top, hinting of sleeve interest to come. The silk crepe may be the product of China trade."

Penobscot Marine Museum

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

"… for human waste and as receptacles (or trashcans) for the daily waste generated in a household such as broken china, glassware, and food scraps."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"To the far East, China, was experiencing difficulties with the same problem. The Yangzete river had flooded and many Chinese people were in twist."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. South China, ME: Sam Teddy Publishing, 2009. “The History of The Fireman’s Muster.” n.d."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… Kexiong, Chen. Yangtze! Yangtze! China, 1870, http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/pi/documents/three_gorges/Yangtze/ch18.html Lyn Riddle, published…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… of the township had requested the name of "China." No reason was given for the substitution of the name Rumford."

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

"Mr. Totten owned a china shop. Lucy and James Bain had a variety store. There was even a hotdog stand owned by “Cheese” Burr."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"He conducts international business in China and all around the world. He said, "education prepared him for his job." He serves on the board of CBS…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"In the Far East, Japan had invaded China. During this year, the U.S. Army had declared Bangor a crucial location for its aerial defense system, and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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