Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… He wrote in the journal that he went to the market to buy potatoes on July 9, 1864, and took a sheet of paper with him so he could sketch the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… the professional dressmaking and home sewing market. They were expensive. It took time before there was one in every home."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

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

"… cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell, which he kept at…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… been Lubec, and even before, smoking herring for markets away had been a leading industry with many ups and downs."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"The wood products of Strong were shipped to markets all over the world. Forster Manufacturing Co. Forster's Toothpick MillStrong Historical…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… first Registered Guide and the first person to market Maine as a destination for early tourism. She lived in Phillips, wrote about and guided in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… their rich cultural traditions, some began to market themselves as native tour guides and Indian entertainers, performing medicine shows and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another started to flourish -- tourism."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… Island were entrepreneurial when it came to marketing. To promote their products, services, or shows, many designed calling cards and flyers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Nearby were the Hillcrest Market, Robert Ash’s shoemaker’s shop, the Herrick family’s hotel/boarding house, and Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Cornice stones for Boston's Quincy Market, for example, were produced beginning in 1815. Largest Granite Slab cut from Hains Ledge Quarry…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… Isle, Maine fifty years ago down where JP Cash Market is now located. Back then, Frank (Skippy), who owned Carroll’s Auto Sales, sold used cars."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"The looming crises of economic collapse, aftermath of war markets and changing business practice would have their impacts in due time. Next..."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… design and manufacture of clothes for the young market. Parallel with these developments in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… to subsist off the land and to produce for markets, and it would assure that they could pass that prosperity down to future generations."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Donald A. Thurlow opened the Pine Point Seafood Market and sold fish, lobsters, clams and other seafood."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The use of ice in the fishing industry allowed for an increase in the market for fresh fish, and the expansion of rail lines resulted in a greater…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… Gannett would consolidate the Portland newspaper market with the purchase of the Portland Evening Express from Colonel Dow."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"And market forces in the late 1800s depressed the price of copper. The Civil War shut down southern markets for fish and ice and insurance rates…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric offerings. In 1948, a ramp was built across the river to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"… the train to transport manufactured goods out to market. New Sweden AVR Station, ca. 1920New Sweden Historical Society A second line was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… survive solely on the old lifeways, Wabanakis now marketed their traditional arts, crafts, and canoeing skills to rusticators who visited their…"