Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… quarrying granite soon followed as a money-maker. Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Thomas S. Libby was a wheelwright and carriage maker in the town of Lincoln, Maine. He was a wheelwright and carriage maker from 1841 to 1861."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Canal Daniel Stewart 1786-1827: Joiner, cabinet maker, and furniture maker Educators, Authors, and Historians Edward Abbott 1841–1908: American…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Tuttle and boot and show maker G. L. Jewett and the two and a half story establishment of E. B. Dunton, a millinery and fancy goods dealer."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… sleeves of a detailed, very fine quality dress-maker made woven striped pink (now faded) silk dress with a spencer-like (jacket) bodice, an apron…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Hoop makers were needed to produce hoops to be sewn to the sails so they would easily slide up and down masts."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of…"

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

"… cream when they had enough snow for the ice cream makers. Russell (son at left) and Judson Smith were making ice cream, circa 1942."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… Martin described Joseph Mitchell as "a cabinet maker & joiner who had worked for Shaw & Merrill & then was at work for F Muzzy & co on patterns in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"On that same steamer, a Wabanaki canoe maker was carrying a fleet of bark canoes that he would rent to Bar Harbor's burgeoning tourist population."

Norway Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… of a print of Abraham Lincoln by an unknown maker may date from his reelection campaign in the fall of 1864 or from his assassination in April…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… Fox, a dapperly dressed young Portland barrel maker. In 1850 Ormsbee sold his business to his longtime assistant George M."

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"… member or descendant, written documentation, maker labels, place of origin; or be established by other means."

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

"Thompson Millwright A. Morse Cabinet Maker W. Sylvester Carriage Maker A.L. Watson “ “ H. Clark Tanner & Currier Z.F."

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

"… of Thomas Johnson, an experienced butter maker. F.F. Caswell was the general manager. Later Carl Walker became plant manager."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… on a large scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before corrugated boxes), doors…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"The fur trader and map maker David Thompson (1770-1857), famous today for his trans-continental journeys and voyage down the Columbia River to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… the Stewarts were also talented furniture makers and “joiners” [carpenters]. They brought that talent to the Sandy River Valley when they migrated…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"He was a cooper, a maker of barrels, and the sheltered harbor near the head of Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood."

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

"The report said “they are ‘the can makers,’ so called, who solder in the bottoms” of the cans (p. 88)."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"1864 These boots, manufactured by Bangor boot maker, John McGinty might have been just what Fred was hoping for.Bangor Historical Society I should…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… that were good for building masts, so the map makers did not want the French to find these trees if they needed masts during wartime."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."