Maine Memory Network

Flake yard, Portland, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Studley fish house and flakeyard, Monhegan, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

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