Keywords: York Light and Heat Company
Item 35106
York Light & Heat Company explosion, Biddeford, 1900
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1907-09-03 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 74438
York County Power Co. employees, Biddeford, 1914
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
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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.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"What inspired New York investors to come there was a well-established and well-known fishery involving harvesting herring for smoking and pickling."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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