Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950. It shows two men loading barrels and one man setting the barrels in place on the truck body"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… which includes the headquarters of the Young Mens Grant & Wilson Club and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… more that just a mode of transportation to the men working for the Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, The river was literally their home! Pickers…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"By 1902 they had 150 men working with a daily output of 50,000 shingles and 15,000 other lumber. There were many crews working in the woods in the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"His place was in the Bangor Aroostook section of New Sweden. These young men wanted to form a ski club."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… the $20 reward posted by James Sagurs, two local men, whose names remain unknown, pretended to befriend Atticus and persuaded him to move to…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Liberty Men and Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor observed that in the years following the Revolutionary War…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The First 51 Settlers

"… Society The First Settlers consisted of 22 men, 11 women, and 18 children, totalling 51 settlers. They settled lots in New Sweden and Woodland."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers, while their husbands earned the wages that financially supported the family."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"1990Swan's Island Historical Society The business employed seven or eight islanders full time and up to a dozen part time."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… imported alcohol and provided it to "Irish men & women in open defiance of the Maine law." He further charged that Hayford provided housing for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… no Bonnet & with high comb." Fashion -- for both men and women -- was one of Martin's interests. Blowers may have been known as "Elizabeth Sayers"…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… on the page, he drew a soldier as "a million of men" discovered one to look like from 1861 to 1866."

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

"With this device, two men could load the truck. Like a lot of tools at the time, this hand grapple was made locally, probably from a digger lag."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Pictured on the left are several men using a hand digger to dig potatoes from the rows. Others picked the potatoes from the ground and put them in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"… “Henry, President Lincoln is calling upon 1,500 men into war to fight against the Confederates.” “I will go Mother."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… bearers, he daringly maneuvered six of his men forward and, in the face of withering hostile small arms and mortar fire, succeeded in placing an…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"Some island men went into the infantry or Navy. Others, John Gilley of Beech Hill among them, joined the First Maine Cavalry. John did not survive."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The business employed seven or eight islanders full time and up to a dozen part time, but the business could not be sustained."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Men of enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to finance the project. The hotel hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"… changed to “George Fuller and Sons." The thirty men that were employed in this industry had had experience with iron before because Mr."

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… carnival included freak shows, kerosene covered men being lit on fire, and other old-fashioned, carnival rides such as a carousel and ferris wheel."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… and commercial interests in Boston most of these men were members of the Massachusetts Medical Society and many traveled to Boston for medical…"