Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Stewart 1786-1827: Joiner, cabinet maker, and furniture maker Educators, Authors, and Historians Edward Abbott 1841–1908: American clergyman…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… a highly successful program of constructing furniture. In the 1930s the line was expanded to include crafts and novelty items."

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"… the Civil War on business and prices, his rustic furniture, profiles of his children, their educations, schools, vaccinations, and churches -- and…"

Old York Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… survival farmers, the Stewarts were also talented furniture makers and “joiners” [carpenters]. They brought that talent to the Sandy River Valley…"

Windham Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw & Merrill furniture manufacturers, Furber & Metcalf, I.W. Patten; and local politics, including his failed bid to…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"It was a mill that made furniture and other wood products. It was located in west New Portland behind Lemon Stream so they could use the river to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture. Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"He opened a furniture store with his son and the income from the rent of the building helped the Ledyard family with their taxes. The store, A.D."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… on the island includes pottery, jewelry making, furniture making, photography and various forms of artists' paintings."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The library closed in 1965 and its books and furniture were donated to the Alice L. Pendleton Library."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… Bennett (tree committee, Moderne Cleaners & Furniture) Vaughn Cole John Dow (chairman, tree committee, John A."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Furniture Anders, grade 8 19th century school desk on display at the Scarborough Historical Society X Furniture in schools has changed much over…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… denominations, various factories including a furniture factory, livery stables, hardware stores, blacksmith shops, schools, post office, telegraph…"

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

"… pick up local products, or to deliver dry goods, furniture and other items to local residents. The towns had two lines running through them."

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

"They built log houses with simple furniture, surviving on the island’s resources through long winters with only the occasional sailboat connecting…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… 9, pages 604-end Children and schools, making furniture, business slowdown, churches X   Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… in addition to providing wood, water, and crude furniture. And the sums of money allocated to each district school appeared to vary with the number…"