Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"… digger man would start coming down that row to dig the potatoes out of the ground. They would have to move the barrels out of the way, too."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam digging, lobster fishing and recreational activities for centuries."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"… was the person who drove the machine that would dig up the potatoes. The potato truck had full and empty barrels on the back of it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… shows 1940's potato harvesting stages, including digging, picking, and loading onto a truck. On the left is a two-row digger operated by two men."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"The arms would dig into the row and throw the potatoes and rocks off to the side. A person would not want to be in the way."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"She used her shovel to dig, and tenderly placed a bulb. A shiny glint caught her attention. A button! What would this be doing in the soil? It must…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… driver, one malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street, and one disturbing public meeting ."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… the left are several men using a hand digger to dig potatoes from the rows. Others picked the potatoes from the ground and put them in barrels."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… construction of a dam at the head of the Falls; digging a canal to channel waters and pulpwood to the mills’ interior; and a lower dam to form a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… system that allowed clam diggers to dig in once-polluted areas. When clams were held for two days in purified water, they cleansed themselves and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… of the arrangements of the farm and lime works, digging clay, etc., goes on with fidelity and that I am not imposed upon in any shape, by being…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Some would even dig in the clam beds with the infants. Newborn babies would be diapered in absorbing spagnum, moss, cattail or milkweed fluff, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing.” This counsel was to prove false as the infant, Hannah, lived to the age of 79."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"And that was hard work. I never could dig clams. I’ve tried it. That was all the work there was and it was very sad for people."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… looked to tourism and development as way to dig out of the state’s economic slump. It’s around this time Maine was dubbed “Vacationland.” And…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… Last Friday, while a Frenchman named Geraud was digging under an embankment on the depot grounds in this village, the dirt above him gave way…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to Islesboro from the mainland to pick berries, dig for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers."