Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Most of the settlers were employed farming, fishing or both. Some traded with the native populations, and there was a carpenter and a few mechanics…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"1924Swan's Island Historical Society Winters would also be a time to find islanders joining in winter sports of an informal nature."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Winter in Lubec Winter view of Lubec, from the International Bridge. Photo courtesy of KodaYoda Enterprises, LLC."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society “We are enjoying (?) a winter such as the oldest inhabitant never saw.” So read the January 18 1934 Lubec Herald."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"Box 422 Lubec, ME 04652-0422 (207) 733-2997 Fall/Winter/Spring (207) 733-2197 Summer http://www.mccurdyssmokehouse.org Lubec Memorial Library 55…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… manufacture industry, however, was the largest employer and the heart of the local economy. The Pepperell and Laconia Mills continued to grow and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… except that island isolation, particularly during winter months prompted some local entrepreneurs to launch business ventures, which were helpful…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads built and maintained by each landowner who built permanent gates across their part of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… preacher, who would be hired to teach the winter school. The summer school was often kept by some of the inhabitants’ daughters."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… cooler in the summer and several warmer in the winter. However, there have been many recordings of Penobscot Bay freezing over and islanders…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… Bradley Peters proudly wears her large fur lined winter coat, an elaborate piece of Victorian clothing that appears to be twice her size."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Society This ambrotype captures a sunny winter day on Middle Street in Portland during the 1850s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with rainwater."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… business, hundreds of persons were thrown out of employment, large numbers of whom being unable, in consequence, to procure the means of support…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… band of more willing hearts and hands, than those employed in making up these small packages; and we shall be amply rewarded, and most happy to do…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… the rain filled up the pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond. When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… Public Library There were some large employers left in the wake, but not big enough to fill the void left by the closures of York and Saco-Lowell…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a Gothic oval chair a Sofa and Grape trellis." Martin, an accountant…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… apprenticeships and lived in the homes of his employers. He wrote that the house, later known as the Veazie House, was where "Clara cooked her…"

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"In winter, trains were warm and were lit with kerosene lanterns. Snow removal from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Levy and Abbie Murphy Winter, in Lynn, Massachusetts, where the Winters resided. Throughout their marriage, Richardson and Carrie Johnson raised four…"

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

"… and as many teams are to be hired as can be, and employed in hauling kiln-wood to convenient places near the kilns so as to incumber as little…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"In some of the coldest winters, the Sunbeam was the islander’s only option for reaching the mainland over icy waters."