Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Agriculture

"… lumber industry or as an exporter of agricultural produce to the nation, agriculture has always been at the center of Presque Isle's productivity."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"… Museum Description 25 pound potato bag, Produce Distributors, Inc. In the 1940s potato farmers started packaging their potatoes in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"… Description A step in the process of producing potato starch which is used in the production of food, medicines, paper, and other…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"As a new business venture, the firm currently produces solar-powered generators designed for, among other things, disaster relief, a project based on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"In 1871, 15,000 pounds of cheese was produced. Over 40,000 pounds were produced during each of the next two years."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… and students have all combined their skills to produce a single historical artifact which can tell the story of our town."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe factories. Boston Flint Company sandpaper mill beside Vaughan Brook.Courtesy of Sumner A."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Cornice stones for Boston's Quincy Market, for example, were produced beginning in 1815. Largest Granite Slab cut from Hains Ledge Quarry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,” after the popular major general, who reorganized the…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Photographer Kate Philbrick and radio producer Rob Rosenthal produced Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold in collaboration with WMPG-FM and the…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"It was the first system of electronic broadcasting as well. O’Brien’s company produced some of the first electric horns for automobiles."

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"… who recently visited the farm to appraise the produce, &c., I should judge the premises to be in good condition."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash). If that residue was baked in an oven, the carbon in the residue would cook…"

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

"Residents of the City Farm worked the land and produced goods and produce sold in town to earn their place."

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and monuments. The paving stones, 6x8 inches, sold for 20 cents apiece and were shipped…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… Production of cloth is now not one-quarter of the producing in common times, and every week it is growing smaller."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"… of the war, perishable items such as dairy and produce became more popular, which in turn required more preservation."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… to keep a local industry booming, Biddeford has produced real originals, individuals whose impact has reached far beyond the banks of the Saco…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… Below the tree Martin wrote, "1866 This tree produced ten apples, color & size as below, the trunk of the tree as large as a mans fore finger the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"This steam could be used for producing electricity and, as a byproduct, could be sold for use in the paper plant."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Through his efforts he had kept the Company in the forefront of producers of fine quality book, business, and specialty papers."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… from Newport died from carbon monoxide poisoning produced from his generator. A man from Oakland who was struck by a tree while he was helping a…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… tell us, "has a death in this part of the country produced a more general sympathy." His widow, who survived him for a number of years, wa much…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"They produced iron and brass casting, shafting, hangers, and pulleys. These products were recognized as being average quality, for they weren't the…"