Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy River Cheese Company."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"In the Johnson Shoe Factory, the employees were very productive. There were night shifts with fifty employees working from 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM…"

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"… for the shoes that the factory had reached 450 employees. By the mid 1920's, Richardson Johnson held a very prominent position within the community…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Marion Stinson was one of the employees in the first fish processing plants but the story she tells in this audio is about her life growing up on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… but the dedicated owners and their loyal employees immediately began building a new modern facility that was again operating by 1960."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Brown and Company built the first factory on Water Street. The next two decades saw 23 sardine factories constructed in Lubec, bringing employment…"

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

"… and Managers Sardine Company Factory A Employees, Lubec, ca. 1901Lubec Historical Society This photograph, as others done at the time, can be…"

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

"The factory was successful and ultimately employed thousands of people. By 1959 Snow’s had become part of the Borden Corporation."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

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

"… earnest, Christian gentlemen, and many of their employees are Christians. We wish them all success in their undertaking and hope that they will…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bar Harbor was not alone in its development -- other…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"He wrote most of the scrapbook at the time he worked there or shortly thereafter. Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864Maine Historical…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"One-third of the employees were women.Farmington Historical Society Canning The railroad was one entity that had a large impact on the growth of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"They later had over 200 employees that would package and turn out eight hundred boxes a day. Curtis himself invented most of the machines used in the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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