Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business and…"

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

"Women in positions as town officials and committee members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"A real estate business was established during the 1880s and was known as the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"As a result, women necessarily assumed key roles in economic networks. Through marriage, women built connections, solidifying alliances and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Women sorted, added any condiments and packed the sardines into cans. Each factory would sound its own distinctive whistle to alert workers that…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"The women decorated the floats and ours was beautiful. John Tyler drove the truck that pulled the float."

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

"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working waterfront entitled "Along the Waterfront", often with accompanying photographs."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Although he was new to the business, he understood how to hire the right people for the job and how to execute his creative vision."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Jones began his business of flying sightseeing passengers in his biplanes in 1919, and by 1928 he was recognized as one of the pioneers in the…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Lubec Town Office Vital statistics, area businesses, tourist information and town facilities links available here."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Other smokehouses went out of business years before and the buildings were taken down. Today, McCurdy’s Herring Smokehouse is an historic site…"

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

"… keep neighbors from freezing to death and that “business was at a standstill.” However, that February first Herald calmly clarified that “none of…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… members how to manage the manifold aspects of the business with skill and understanding. In short, a traditional transmission of culture was vital…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"