Maine Memory Network

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

"… Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor by Edward L. Hawes Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… in the phrase, “tradition accommodates innovation.” At least two labor saving improvements were adopted in the early 1970s that need looking at."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to difficulties which no other part of the State labors under; on the one hand harassed by the British and commanded to bear a part in the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… the herring in the house by degrees,” the “handing up” and the ‘handing down,” all at the right times."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… County remembers the tragedy, the anguish, the helpless torment. An heirloom of horror, handed down even unto the schoolchildren of today."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society By…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the keeper) and subsequent clockwork operation remain unsuccessful."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported them. The largest and most well known of the Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Swan sought out laborers (preferably Protestant families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber…"

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

"… potatoes and potato products created a need for labor to harvest them. This exhibit will concentrate on the harvesting aspect of the potato…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the blacksmith was once located! Quarry Exhibit Slideshow…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"1950Presque Isle Historical Society An early labor saving device was a hand grapple. The man on the back of the truck would clamp onto a barrel with…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"… by so doing we can contribute in the least to soften the hard labor before you.” Read a transcription of this letter, "Soldiers of Biddeford" "

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

"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"One of its most desirable features was the presence of a limestone quarry, a perfect outlet for prison labor."

Oakfield Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… the product of highly skilled, intensive hand labor, and an extreme luxury afforded by only the wealthiest individuals."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess; Charity -- harvesters and gleaners; Fidelity --…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… please to observe clearly, that your personal labor is not so much my object, as that you should see that others in my employ work faithfully."

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

"… dedicated in 1959, was built through volunteer labor and financed with bean suppers and other fundraisers."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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