Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"To the far East, China, was experiencing difficulties with the same problem. The Yangzete river had flooded and many Chinese people were in twist."

Tate House Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Kexiong, Chen. Yangtze! Yangtze! China, 1870, http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/pi/documents/three_gorges/Yangtze/ch18.html Lyn Riddle, published…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. South China, ME: Sam Teddy Publishing, 2009. “The History of The Fireman’s Muster.” n.d."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… Kexiong, Chen. Yangtze! Yangtze! China, 1870, http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/pi/documents/three_gorges/Yangtze/ch18.html Lyn Riddle, published…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… are gathered or bunched into floppy puffs at the top, hinting of sleeve interest to come. The silk crepe may be the product of China trade."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting was not only a local, state or national trade, ice was shipped all over the world as far as South America, India and China."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success. Half of their business was in the Far East…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Mr. Totten owned a china shop. Lucy and James Bain had a variety store. There was even a hotdog stand owned by “Cheese” Burr."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"In the Far East, Japan had invaded China. During this year, the U.S. Army had declared Bangor a crucial location for its aerial defense system, and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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