Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"Uniforms and Expenses Annual Report, Hallowell, 1899Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In the late eighteen hundreds and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's Volunteer Fireman's Budget

"… budget, volunteer program, and daily functioning have changed over the years. The various expenses for equipment are most interesting!"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"… that have changed are their firearms, uniforms, expenses, and the term and job of city marshals. The police have changed and evolved in developing…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… Show In the past, when silk textiles were so expensive and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"The expense of black clothing could be mitigated by means of economically dying existing cotton dresses, or remaking and dyeing an old one."

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

"… was becoming more automated, using more expensive equipment. About this time there were a lot of auctions in the area, selling off farm equipment…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… gauge” system for smaller engines, with less expensive rails, ties, and spikes. Click for Railroad Photos The new railroad had an immediate…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it was used only for sharing significant events. A microwave tower was erected on Swan’s Island across…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… on painted backgrounds in place of the more expensive drapes and furniture. In an ambrotype by George W."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"Silk still held a place in fashion, but less expensive rayon, perceived as being "modern," came into its own in the 1930s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"They were expensive. It took time before there was one in every home. Sometimes a group of women clubbed together to make the purchase and share."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… Society Silk was imported from Europe and expensive. For many women, a silk dress was an investment, a best dress for Sunday, or for special…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… raised in large flocks with little effort and expense because of the extensive pastureland. Each farmer marked his sheep and then let them find…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… County Courthouse (built at the proprietors’ expense) where, despite several efforts by the proprietors to evict them, the Goodwins remained"

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… in by squatters, and considered too great an expense to save. However, the small farmhouse on the estate was spared and utilized as the Thomaston…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… could be used for medical, burial and housing expenses, and for food and household necessities. Members might help another veteran get a job or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"1965Maine Historical Society Expensive establishment old style couture or similar high style-type clothing still retained appeal, but only to a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Trapping was really quite time consuming and expensive compared to hunting animals. The early metal traps, hand-made by local blacksmiths, were quite…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… The wooden barrels in which it came became too expensive and hard to handle and have been wholly replaced by the paper sacks which hold five, 10 or…"

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

"The Lubec Herald documented the expenses in its April 12th edition. 1933 snow removal had cost $440.80, leaving a balance in the budgeted $500 from…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… lost 2,000 feet of hose and much more in expensive equipment. Sadly there was $750,000 in damages."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… funds were used for medical, burial, and housing expenses. Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… was: 2,895 pounds, 11 shillings and 5 pence, plus expenses incurred of 136 pounds, 12 shillings and 5 pence."