Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer Dry Goods (1868-1876) William P. Hill Dry Goods (1876-1883) Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… an apostrophe not to some rigamarole called “the good life” but to aspects of creativity--be it with music, paint, food or words--that enrich our…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… depended upon boats for the early transport of goods, livestock and people. In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… mill on Spring's Island for the felting of woolen goods. Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"All the plants managed to scrape by during the Depression, and when war broke out in 1941 they were all very busy with production of war goods."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"Martin wrote that some items were sold below what anyone else could sell them for, thereby convincing customers that all goods would be available at…"

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

"Hodson Postmaster S.S. Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… Steamboats were used for the transportation of goods and people across and up and down the rivers and lakes of Maine and any place they were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Two nice canoes and good accommodations for six persons. Will warrant that good deer hunting be found.” One man who answered Joe’s ad was William…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"Farmington not only exported goods, but had to import as well. Goods were needed to support the agricultural and logging businesses."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Hampden merchants maintained wharves, warehouses, and retail stores on Summer Street, all necessary related to the buying and selling of goods…"

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

"Business was so good the two men were known as two of only seven millionaires in the country. Dry goods stores and specialty shops were in great…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"Henry Knox: Shipping Shipping the goods that he was producing was an important part of Knox’s business dealings."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… ruining tons of inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and building alike as the water rose to levels of eight feet within the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… Buckfield residents have nowhere to get common goods such as food and household items. In addition, Buckfield once had its own Health Center."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"The soil was quite good and yielded good crops of corn, potatoes, wheat, oats, etc. Later, hops were grown and exported to the Boston area for beer…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"Carroll’s A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 provides the best top-down view of border-formation in…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The good thing is that no one was injured. The Hubbard Free Library was repaired about two months after the incident."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… State Museum The office contains many of the good doctor's tools of his trade. 1850s circulation chart.Maine State Museum"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Overall they had a very good time getting closer. That’s what happened on the third day of the ice storm of ’98."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"… of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10. What was the value of your market garden in 1839? 11."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… teachers, who, as she tells me, were all very good teachers. They taught her the usual ABC’s, singing, penmanship, and writing, and art class."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… to be very careful with what we used and paper good and food and so forth and had to make everything we bought had to be something that was vital…"