Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester Jordan and Phillips Payson…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local merchant who arrived in a large panel truck, laden with dresses and other…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"By 1875, Homer stopped working as a commercial lithographer and focused on his painting. Following two years in England (1881-1882), Homer returned…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… smaller towns outside of Portland, yet be able to work or shop in the city. The trolleys also allowed residents to visit area amusement parks and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… few kids attended school every day because of work at home. This made it so very few kids actually graduated."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies. (Corporation meeting notes and minutes were kept by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"While serving in the senate, Rufus worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

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

"One could work at home rather than going to cutting rooms at various locations. It was common to see a clam tray leaning against every fisherman’s…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking work with hours dependent on tides and light. The metal rake or “clam hoe” has a short 12”-18”…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… mechanic who built his own airplane, and he also worked for a Mr. Jones who owned an airplane hanger in Old Orchard Beach."

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

"… within a three-mile boundary of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Bickford worked in the larger section that was like a one-story barn. Bickford built five more lobster boats between 1937 and 1945."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… tables became common to encourage students to work together. Today, portable desks and tables are common in schools."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Work began and by the next spring Harold was back fishing from the Cappy. In a later diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… in the United States Senate; and as a senator, worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers, heavy drills, and jeans for military use."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… which prisoners were taught how to build wooden wagons, buckboards, buggies and sleighs. This led to the production of harnesses and tack for…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… up and onto the platform and shove it on to the wagon. You wanted solid, clean ice, you know, without snow..” Ice Table frozen in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer moved to Ohio, to pursue the wagon and carriage business, until his death in July of 1915. Born in Bath in 1836 to Asa Palmer and Maria…"