Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Two kerosene…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces. They didn’t use oil, so basically everything was run off of coal or…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Walls floors and ceiling of office are wooden. Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… their clothes in the basement next to the wood stove. This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

Surry Historical Society

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"… in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove, and the watchman was absent. After the fire, students were moved to the Annex building and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… could get it later for it to be burned in a wood stove. They had to erase all of the chalkboards and pick up the classroom after school."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"Harlow Wood & Bishop, stove & iron dealers Luther Cary Dora Spencer Joseph H. Garmon B.N. Thomas Heminway & Hersey Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin in Spanish cloak, Bangor, 1846

"… for me." In the spring of 1846, he bought the stove pipe hat, which had just come into fashion. He called it a silk, round topped fur hat."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"It was heated by oil and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and has 14 acres surrounding it."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… with his father, working at Eastes and Whittiers Stove Store, and his move to Bangor to work for Rufus Prince, Soap & Tallow Chandler."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Until the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… were warmed in the colder months by four box stoves. <- Prev. Page ................................................................."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… X 18’ front room (which contained a Hampden cook stove), a 10’ X 10’ bedroom, and an 8’ X 10’ pantry."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… just in the rear of the tents, on rusty cook-stoves set up on a few boards. -Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 8/23/1884 Life behind Wabanaki…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… started on the first floor due to an old wood stove. Next, the fire spread to the upper floors. The only thing left was bad smoke and heat damage."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1931, the school got electricity and stove jackets were placed in each room, and in 1940, chemical toilets were installed."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I had- we had a kerosene stove from camping. So we had lots of camping equipment. So we did get our cooler out and we did get our stove out."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… found time to make improvements upon Franklin’s stove and to produce Morgan’s Grammar of the English Language, a highly regarded work which was…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder &…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be held in."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"