Maine Memory Network

List of signatures of the crew of the vessel the 'Young Teazer', ca. 1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1813 Media: Ink on paper

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… direct form the mills and to be sold very low for cash or exchange of produce. The wooden barrels in which it came became too expensive and hard to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… farmers and prompting the introduction of new cash crops, including such exotic ones as silkworms."