Keywords: industrious
Item 6164
Office workers, Gannett Publishing Co., Augusta, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print
Item 14611
Presto fire extinguisher, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Fort Kent Media: Brass
Item 38982
622-624 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Consolidated Industries, Inc. Use: Apartments & Stores
Item 38985
626-628 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Consolidated Industries, Inc. Use: Apartments & Stores
Item 150233
Northern Chemical Industries superphosphate plant, Searsport, 1943-1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943–1944 Location: Searsport Client: Northern Chemical Industries Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 150221
Northern Chemical Industries Inc. - alterations to lean-to offices, Searsport, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Searsport Client: Northern Chemical Industries Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industrial Technology
"Industrial Technology Sydney Gross, Alex Landry, Alex Guiou, Sydney Perry & Maggie Pomerleau Cotton Mill, Academy Street, Hallowell, ca."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources
"Industrial Recources Grant Bowen's Interwiew with Captain Aurthur Moore, Harbor Master In earlier days, ships were made of wood, but later were…"
Story
My Paper Industry career and setting up a museum
by Sherry Judd
I worked in and around the Paper Industry all my life. Now I run Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum.
Story
If you wanted a good job, the mill was the place to be.
by Brent Gay
Changes in the paper industry, labor strikes, and the community around International Paper's mills
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
