Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony

"A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony Click to view the photo essay Tools were a necessary part of every farmer's and…"

Davistown Museum

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

"The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the blacksmith was once located! Quarry Exhibit Slideshow…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Like a lot of tools at the time, this hand grapple was made locally, probably from a digger lag. Although it took two person to load a 160 pound (81…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Logging tools were very expensive, so people chose to make their own tools out of wood and metal. Wood wasnʼt expensive at all, for it was natural…"

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

"There is no quick way to harvest clams; only hand tools or hands are allowed by the state. The process of harvesting clams hasn’t changed over the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Some of the tools used to make baskets and other items were collected by museums in later years."

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Part II is a Web-based “museum” of the tools and implements used in this process. Some of the tools and implements are in Lubec Landmarks collections."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… or profession, enhancing the image by holding the tools of their occupation. Maine occupational portraits are well represented in the…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Stockholm Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… be no jobs, they would have to build houses from hand and they would have to cut the wood by hand. Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"A blindfold statue symbolizes the passage from outer darkness to inner light, and trade implements have mystical and symbolic meaning. The tools of…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… replace the artist’s hand, but instead become a tool to be employed by artists. Some Maine artists offered the option to have portraits painted…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"One of the other tools they used were axes which came in all kinds of shapes and sizes. The bigger and thicker ones were used for the softest logs…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"All of these technological tools are essential for teachers and students on a daily basis. Discipline Olivia, grade 6 Scottow's Hill Rural…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… mittens on or the frost stuck their hands to the tools. Just a little wheat was raised and a few potatoes."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the workers have soldering irons, the essential tool of their trade. Judging from the description of who did what in the can-making departments in…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other tools. Wood products including window sashes, caskets, shovel handles continued to be manufactured…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… founders in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out property lines using basswood bark, The “men measured off six…"