Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… 1819Hubbard Free Library In short order a huge market for wood ashes was created and the American colonies, awash in wood ash, were ready to meet…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… people committing suicide about the great stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How did your…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Their largest market was in the United States but they began to export throughout Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia."

Belfast Historical Society

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Lubec Landmarks

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"The view up Middle Street ends with City Hall in Market Square, now the site of the statue in Monument Square."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… to thread onto looms and be made into fabrics marketed as artificial silk. The name "rayon" was adopted in the mid-1920s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… leaving cotton, rayon with some wool for the home market. Clothing was not rationed as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… but only now was it possible to get them to market. The difference was the development of the smack, a boat with an open well that circulated…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all that was over by the time Somes arrived."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Pendleton Library and now the two markets, Durkees and Island Market, has opened the summer community experience into a more universal one."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… climate, boundary disputes, and isolation from markets deepened the frontier experience of settlers in northern Maine ."

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

"… and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir made this historic venture obsolete."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

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

"… variety of products for both farm use and sale to markets beyond Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south. A second rail line, the Aroostook Valley Rail Road (AVR), was completed ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… a successfully completed and readily useable and marketable product. It is cheaper and more efficient monetarily to build new rather than try to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… “We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets. In he summer they would have soda in big tubs to keep it cold."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"The grocery store is called Brackett's Market and it has absolutely nothing to do with entertainment. Dreamland Theater, Front Street, Bath, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… experience with investments during the stock market crash. Did you have any troubles getting the basic necessities? Andrew Anderson, clip one  No…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… the former prison site for shipment to the Boston market. Soon a second kiln was added to meet the demands of trade and lumber was added as cargo."