Maine Memory Network

Store and post office, Swanville, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Swanville Media: Glass Plate Negative

Brickyard near the Railroad Station, Springvale, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"There was also a brickyard in Surry Village on Patten Bay, plus Newbury Neck housed yet another brickyard, all setting the stage for a bustling…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… wharf, two dozen small cottages, a lumber mill, a brickyard, and a coal, as well as several small stores. Mill Creek, Islesboro, ca."