Maine Memory Network

Beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Benning Wentworth grant for cutting white pines, Portsmouth, 1744

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1744-12-26 Location: Portsmouth; Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Quarry Workers At Mount Waldo, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1850 Location: Frankfort Media: Stereograph

Causeway Dedication, Westport Island, 1950

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1950-06-25 Location: Westport Island; Wiscasset Media: Photographic print

Ice Cutting on Hall's Pond, Berwick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Berwick Media: Photographic print

Good Will Orphan Boy in the woods with an ax, ca. 1910

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1910 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Bush Hammer, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Mount Desert Media: Wood, metal

Bark Spud, ca. 1650

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1650 Media: Forged iron

Workers "cutting sand" at the Saco-Lowell Shops, Biddeford, ca. 1950

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Inkwell, Ink Bottle, Wood Cut Block, Blue Hill, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1800 Location: Blue Hill Media: Glass, brown ceramic, wood, metal and paper

Hewing Axe, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1800 Location: Scarborough Media: Forged iron with steel cutting edge

Cutting ice, Kennebec River, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print

Cutting Silage, New Gloucester, ca. 1904

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1904 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative

Ice cutting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Cascade Pond, Ice cutting, Hallowell, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1932 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Fish processing, Eastport, ca. 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Eastport Media: Photographic print

Granite Industry Instruction Manual, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Desert Media: Paper and ink print

Quarry Workers At Mount Waldo, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1860 Location: Frankfort Media: Photographic print

Quarry Workers At Mount Waldo, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1850 Location: Frankfort Media: Photographic Copy of Stereo Card

Garland Fire Tower on High Cut Hill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print

Hair cut, Turner, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Sterling Hinkley through Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: circa 1926 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print

Fishermen with beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Removing whale blubber, Ragged Island, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-02-23 Location: Harpswell Media: Glass Negative

Russell S. Morse Cabbage Slicer, East Dixfield, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: East Dixfield Media: Wood, metal