Maine Memory Network

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

"Civil War boots, ca. 1864 These boots, manufactured by Bangor boot maker, John McGinty might have been just what Fred was hoping for.Bangor…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"For example, Davis Hatch's boot and shoe trade had a sign of a big boot hanging out into the street. Charles A."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… General’s coffin, his favorite horse with Knox’s boots reversed in the stirrups, and a large group of mourning relatives, servants, townspeople and…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… drivers in their work clothes and spiked leather boots. In one of these images, two loggers exhibit the tools of their trade: a peavey, an ax, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"The factory made 10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots and 7,000 to 8,000 pairs of shoes with thirty to forty people, which was amazing at the time."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Also the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of…"

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

"Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder & Clothier Mrs."

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

"… a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower, dealers in livestock, and a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… a Mill Bar for Sam’l Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of corn By1 gallon molasses By 10 1/4 lbs."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Shipbuilders needed clothes, gloves, boots and more, and they turned to Sears Roebuck for affordable clothing."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"I am hoping to find a pair of boots to wear when I clean the fox pen. I’m hoping that I can make a new friend, too."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The boot industry was also well established at this time. Paper-making was coming into Maine and promised to be an expanding industry."