Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"Michaud’s store was on the corner of State and Exchange Streets. Eddie started his own store, Eddie’s IGA, which had a line of groceries and meats…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… parents and by that time my mother had become a meat inspector and the one thing I wanted was hot dogs and my dad said shut up- that’s a cargo…"

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

"Clams were delivered in the morning to local homes, and at the end of the day the meat would be picked up."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"On the farm I we didn’t have a great variety of meats so we had lots of wheat products. Beniah Harding Interview, clip two  Transcription of Clip 2…"

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

"… in refrigerated cars made the export of meat possible as well as improved the condition of eggs and fruit."

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

"There was another meat market and grocery store owned by Merritt Ober. Above the store, Miss Coburn operated a beauty shop that catered to the…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… tongue depressors, candy and ice cream sticks, meat skewers, wrapped ice cream spoons and many other items."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They pickled, smoked and dried meat and fish. They tended the livestock. They planted the crops and harvested them."

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

"Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool; some wool was sold to the Shakers in New Gloucester or Mayall Mill in Gray."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… such as Burnham & Morrill began canning lobster meat. The first tidal lobster pound was introduced in Vinalhaven in 1875 and others quickly…"

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

"… Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants and area take-out establishments."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Meat stock and other commodities produced by the farmers were used as money at a later date. Ezekiel Porter, whom Porter Hill is named after, is…"

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

"in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and…"

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

"They also needed meat when the Anderson Brothers store had none. The answer came when Stockholm residents started hunting."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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