Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"He saw the potential of a commercial venture when he viewed the power and grandeur of the Rumford Falls."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings. Notable examples of his work include the Camden Opera House (1893), the…"

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

"… that some Scarborough men fished off shore on commercial vessels at the Banks or in recent years, aboard draggers, trawlers or gill-netting…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… One of the finest views of an early Maine commercial building is the daguerreotype of the Fox Building at Middle and Exchange Streets in Portland…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"On the coast, commercial traders felt bound to Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… of automobiles, and before Bangor became the commercial hub of our region. Summer Street was the heart of Hampden life in the late 19th century."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… which would "result in irreparable damage" to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal communities."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"With its well-established business and commercial interests, however, Bangor began to take on the aura of a regional service center."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… it was dismantled 1999 • 50 lobster/crab, 89 commercial shellfish, 54 scallop, 38 commercial fishing, 42 urchin licenses issued in Lubec •…"

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

"The number of commercial licenses is limited and they are difficult to get. More licenses are available for recreational clammers who want to dig…"

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

"… as people moved to town to fill jobs created by commercial growth. Although an era of peace, conflicts in Korea and Vietnam involved Scarborough…"

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

"… papers for periodicals, catalogs, books, and commercial printing. Mead was also a major producer of paper products for schools and offices, as well…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… in the early 1800s by Beza Blanchard, began commercial operations under Frank Blanchard after his service in the Civil War, and still sells milk…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Curtis was an American commercial businessman and was mainly known for his chewing gum. John Bacon Curtis was born on October 10,1827 in Bradford…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… streets of Lubec This arch near the corner of Commercial and Pleasant Streets welcomed visitors who arrived via the ferry wharf at the camera’s…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Here, a busy commercial and residential area developed in the 1790s and beyond. There is a distinctive triangular “heater” intersection where Route 9…"

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

"… there were were additional large canneries on Commercial Street. American Can with its factory on that newer waterfront street had brought change…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Prescott Ford, A Sketch of the Discovery of a Commercially Profitable Process for the Extraction of Gold and Silver from Sea Water, Robinson Press…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… for the science courses, and additional space for commercial courses for business, including typing."

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