Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… cheese and starch making facilities, and wool carding products. Rumford (first known as New Pennacook Township) was visited by the Anasagunticook…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"This was to manufacture all the postal cards used by the United States Post Office. The Oxford was producing these cards at a rate of 3,000,000 per…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Carding mills have to brush or card the wool before it can be spun into yarn for knitting or weaving into cloth."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"Mark Gould report card, Biddeford, 1854-55McArthur Public Library The 1840s and 50s were full of firsts for Biddeford: the opening of the steam…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… details in the drawing, including Card's Cove, Cards Brook, Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… the two lines the operator put in a type of time card, and the operators would get paid from two to ten dollars per week."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"DeGarmo Brookes, comments on card playing, provides a program of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"On a 1909 post card the old bridge appears to be mostly constructed of wood. The Concrete Bridge replaced the old bridge."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills."

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

"W.W. Jordan ran a carding and novelty mill making good use of available water power. A short distance from the girst mill was a shoe shop owned by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Early in the 1800s, carding mills were built that combed, spun and wove wool into a variety of cloths."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"… cost money to rent, you had to have a library card. In the 1920s-1980s there were multiple librarians; some were Mary Buzzell, Sadie Adams, Evelyn…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… way to Bangor or Howland to get my letters and cards from them. That is one reason why I think it is very important that we have the postal office."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr. Mountford's mill, but it crumbled to decay. Mr."

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

"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… today!” “If people wanted ice they would put this card in the window showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They read stories, played cards, and did anything that could interest them. In spring, workers from out of state came to drive the logs."

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

"John Elliott built a mill on Lemon Stream at the Great Works in the West Village in 1803, taking advantage of the abundant forests."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… today! If people wanted ice they would put this card in the window showing how much ice they wanted; a ten cent block or a twenty cent block."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… like Bath, people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people not to enter due to infected residents inside."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… Historical Society Stereoptic Card of Rollo Pond, Farmington, ca. 1895Farmington Historical Society The Abbott School was gone, and the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Soon after this, a fulling and carding mill was constructed to process wool. Waterpower generated from the middle channel of the sluiceway supported…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Stereoptic Card of The Titcomb-Linscott House, Farmington, ca. 1890 Known for years as the Dr. Linscott House, this was the home of John & Lydia…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the dam on both the Farmington Falls…"