Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… Each of the businesses that developed met a local need. The iron works produced iron parts and fittings for farmers as well as shipwrights and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… interests as well as those that met the needs of local residents blossomed. Still, the economic swings of 19th-century America affected "The Lumber…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… with Margaret Payson of Falmouth, known locally as "Miss Margaret." Turner specialized in robes and elegant understated evening gowns, fitted and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"In 1968, the business was incorporated as “Carney Inc." and a year later, Doris, Milton’s wife, entered the business."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… services in the area and began to lend money to local businesses. His impact on the area was immense from the first banking services to the lumber…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… New England and New York focusing their lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country stores and businesses, events and people."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… was a double header baseball game between the local semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"They attended local schools in Appleton, but Richardson Johnson had to give up school early to make a living by farming and later manufacturing shoes."

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would get together and use music in a parade going up and down the streets to express…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Musters would have brought business to local stores and united people who normally never would have met."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… establishing homes and businesses, and creating local governments, was disrupted in the third quarter of the seventeenth century by a series of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Club, established in 1900, was a group of local business men, farmers, and horsemen. They were once referred to as “promoters of clean sport”."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… the land and another $5000.00 was raised by local citizens. Mr. Carnegie did give the $5000 and the library was built."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… chickens, and ice, according to Sam Webber, local historian. Some of the places that Hallowell shipped to were: Newburyport, Salem, Thomaston…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… also avoid stopping in Bath and spending money at local stores. Many large department stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"She joined the local Blue Stocking Club but found it to be more social than literary. Vaughan quickly realized that Peabody was a woman of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… this Book may be an idea can be given at once of localities and distances although the outlines are entirely from memory and not made by any given…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"This would have been convenient so a business wouldn’t have to build another building. They could have just move in their stuff and get started…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Web. 6 Apr. 2010. <http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=100966&catid=2>. McLaughlin, Rebecca. "Alvin Lombard." Telephone interview."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

""Local Business & Industry." The Pictorial History of Lincoln, Maine. Lincoln: Lincoln News Print Services Division, 1995. 39-40. Print."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… PO Box 76, 150 Main Road, 734.2253 www.maine.gov/local/waldo/islesboro/ LIVING RESOURCES For a list of Islesboro's "living resources," (individuals…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"… X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… program that promotes collaboration between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Student Projects

"The first projects were created in the spring of 2006 and during the 2006-07 school year. We have added to them with students doing research at the…"