Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"… the wooden store as it was in 1850 and the old factory before it was rebuilt and the brick store as it was rebuilt and as it appeared in 1864."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy River Cheese Company."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A step in the process of producing potato starch…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Carr O'Brien Block

"… bank, commercial shops, sail loft, boot and shoe factory, clothing factory, and now houses the Prison Showroom, a retail outlet for products…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… various shops, a sailmaking loft, a boot and shoe factory, a clothing factory and today serves as the showroom for the Maine State Prison. <- Prev."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… In 1871 Edward O’Brien established a shoe factory in the Carr O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner to boost the flagging economy."

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

"Pendleton Store, interior, Dark Harbor, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society As Islesboro's other businesses and stores developed during the 1920s…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… various factories including a furniture factory, livery stables, hardware stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph lines and a…"

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

"Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Martin's luck was not the best, he frequently noted."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories. Former potato farmer Larry Park talks about starch factories in Presque Isle."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a marble factory were built. <- Prev. Page .............................. Next Page ->"

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

"… one girl from each factory and there were seven factories and I was the one chosen at the Union factory."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… 1915Thomaston Historical Society A broom factory was established at the prison and in 1899, a newspaper reports that railroad carloads of…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… glass plate negatives were sent back to the "factory" in Belfast where they were processed, printed and sent back to the general stores for sale at…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The First Store in Stockholm Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society In November 1900 Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm…"

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

"A butter factory, Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Logs could be floated, and steam-driven factories were set up along the river banks. After 1900, when the first permanent bridge across the stream in…"

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

"Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory, unloading the boats and hauling crates, the packers were mostly women and children, valued…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Some of the lobster canning factories were converted to can clams instead. In 1895 H.W. Joyce built a sardine factory for the herring that were…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The ice industry ended when the river became polluted by factories and serge being dumped in the river. Refrigeration was invented around 1900."

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

"… a sawmill, grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill, and…"