Keywords: New England Telephone Co.
Item 35279
New England Telephone Company float, Biddeford, 1916
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1916-09-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 82166
Westbrook Telephone Exchange, Westbrook, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones
"The telephone is very useful to the town of Lincoln. If it never existed, then we would probably still have a town caller and would still be writing…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4
"When the Somerset Telephone Company offered dial telephone service to the twelve exchanges in Somerset and Franklin counties in 1959, the era of…"
