Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"By 1875, Homer stopped working as a commercial lithographer and focused on his painting. Following two years in England (1881-1882), Homer returned…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… smaller towns outside of Portland, yet be able to work or shop in the city. The trolleys also allowed residents to visit area amusement parks and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… few kids attended school every day because of work at home. This made it so very few kids actually graduated."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies. (Corporation meeting notes and minutes were kept by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"While serving in the senate, Rufus worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"One could work at home rather than going to cutting rooms at various locations. It was common to see a clam tray leaning against every fisherman’s…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking work with hours dependent on tides and light. The metal rake or “clam hoe” has a short 12”-18”…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… mechanic who built his own airplane, and he also worked for a Mr. Jones who owned an airplane hanger in Old Orchard Beach."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… within a three-mile boundary of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Bickford worked in the larger section that was like a one-story barn. Bickford built five more lobster boats between 1937 and 1945."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… tables became common to encourage students to work together. Today, portable desks and tables are common in schools."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"At home some worked on Liberty ships at the shipyard in South Portland. Frances Libbey, a Scarborough teacher, wrote to local servicemen and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Work began and by the next spring Harold was back fishing from the Cappy. In a later diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… in the United States Senate; and as a senator, worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"members who rode in carriages. The G.A.R., Grand Army of the Republican, was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… George Snow Ideal homestead "Self-propelling road carriage" Council Tree, Charleston, S.C. Billy Emerson Moses Woodman Israel B. Norcross O."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others. He speculated in the second scrapbook about things he might live to see."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Farm into a community resource as a living carriage museum with an antique carriage and sleigh collection, while also preserving the farm’s open…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"A carriage maker is a person that makes carriages. A carriage is a four-wheeled car that is pulled by two or more horses."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"He was being rushed home by horse and carriage but sadly died before they reached the house. Mr. Arnold, one of Haley's employees, had just walked…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer moved to Ohio, to pursue the wagon and carriage business, until his death in July of 1915. Born in Bath in 1836 to Asa Palmer and Maria…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… resulting first in ferries carrying wagons and carriages and later in ferries carrying trains as the railroad extended to the east."