Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"store. Shoppers could buy a barrel of flour for the price of a cord of wood. They also sold large dried codfish, which customers would take home to…"

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

"… low for cash or exchange of produce. The wooden barrels in which it came became too expensive and hard to handle and have been wholly replaced by…"

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

"Hard times hit the nation. Some of those who had moved onto the island to work had married and now struggled to remain on the island after their jobs…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"The rag picker took the barrel home, and dumped its contents on the ground. These are the buttons and buckles that Mazie Douglass found, years later."

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

"Burnham & Morrill was the first company in the United States to commercialize clamming. Its first factory began operations at the end of Seavey’s…"