Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"On cool summer evenings guests lounged in leather chairs around the large fireplace in the lobby as chauffeurs lined up in the circular driveway to…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… dozens of calf skins, three to four tons of split leather, and ten to twelve tons of sole leather. They had to buy some raw material too, which…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… of every description: lumber, paper, flour, leather, shoes, toothpicks, bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Soon after in the 1850's the leather strap and hickory switch were introduced to classrooms across the country."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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