Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… aimed at showcasing the diverse history of 19th Century Maine through the photographic lens. What makes a photograph "early"? Unidentified…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"for providing access and allowing the 19th Century oil painting of Asticou by Dr. John L. Hughes to be photographed and used for this project."

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… a mainstay of the local economy for all of the 19th century. When the granite industry moved into full production carpenters and wheelwrights…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… 1820) signed into law the Legislative Act on June 19th, 1811, which separated the new Town from Eastport."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Forty-two ice houses like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the Kennebec River. Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually replaced with brick construction, creating the historic downtown streets one sees…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… shipped from Hallowell until the middle of the 19th century. Huge quantities of raw wool were being produced in England in the mid to late 1700s…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… Public Library Lumberjacks During the mid 19th century, the lumberjack’s job was to cut down trees and and send them down river."

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"At the end of the 19th century, Chester became involved in the Telephone & Telegraph business. He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"References Johnson, Deidre. "Jacob Abbott." 19th-Century Girls' Series. July 2005. Retrieved 3 Dec. 2008 from…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"At the commencement of the 19th century, the first settlers were limited in books, and it is surprising that so many grew up learning to read and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in the 19th century, our two towns, though separate, were similar in many ways."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Douglass, the famous abolitionist of the 19th century, and Ernestine Rose, a feminist and abolitionist who traveled around the world."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… but changes in the first decade of the 21st Century reflect the optimism of its residents. The Strong Elementary School was chosen as one of three…"

Westport Island History Committee

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