Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… War II because the military needed to have enough fresh food and other goods to feed the growing military."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay fresh longer. Lincoln Bank Check, Bath, 1853Patten Free Library There were many people involved…"

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

"… Museum Scarborough’s coastline, with its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries…"

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

"How deliciously the place smelled of freshly ground coffee and of course nothing less than S.S. Pierce’s Mocha and Java."

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

"… visited by the local fish merchant, who brought fresh seafood to the door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe salesman with the latest…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh and for salting, blacksmiths, coopers, a medicinal fish oil factory, and continued boat…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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