Maine Memory Network

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

"“Child Labor” was an issue among Republican and Democratic Progressives nationally at the time. However, the concept probably had little meaning in…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they are not always mandatory, and child labor is still a big issue everywhere."

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 - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"But after the first of the year conditions improved rapidly. “It seems like winter is over,” wrote the January 11 issue on page 1, noting 40-45…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Warrant for first town meeting issued July 7, 1811 Signature Quilt, Lubec, 1889 1812 • War of 1812 leads to extensive smuggling operations…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… the Lubec Herald newspaper in its June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of Lubec. But however proud a Lubecker of the Town’s…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Herald’s front page for Wednesday, July 12 (no issue was published on July 5th), ““One of the features of the day was a Living Flag with 225…"

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

"Apart from the fishing industry, many laborers were attracted to Swan’s Island’s quarries. The largest of these, the Baird's Quarry in Minturn…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"This was a controversial issue, as separate post offices were one of the last remaining elements of separate village life."

Franco-American Collection

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Gendered family structures and divisions of labor shaped Wabanaki and colonial New England economies, and Indigenous and White women were essential…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… especially in view of today’s competitive labor market.” Mercy Hospital’s School of Nursing remained an important part of the institution’s…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… underneath the bridge, and $250 for lumber and labor. Guilford and Sangerville split the expense."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Two thousand civilians labored around the clock during that spring to build the new Army cantonment which became known as Dow Field."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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