Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Lillian 'Lil' Smith, telephone operator for Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society Telephones for family use arrived on the island…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… flood of 1987 dealt a devastating blow to the operation, ruining tons of inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and building…"

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

"1888: Operations were halted for five years due to the distance of the timber to market. The mill could not compete with the growing number of mills…"

Telephone Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The man operating the hoist would toss grapples onto a barrel on the ground. He would push a button on the loader grip to run an electric motor that…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"eliminating the need for a rider to operate the controls. Larry Park talks about a two-row digger."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"After high school, she became a telephone operator for a short time after graduation. Learning about my grandmother’s childhood and schooling was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"Joe Gagnon purchased the ice operation from Cecil McCready in 1946 and ran the business until the mid 60s."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"Mills are stopping in every direction, and probably not one-half of those now running will be in operation the 15th of August.”"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"The Saco River Driving Company served as the wood operation and river driving subsidiary of J. G. Deering & Son."

Bangor Daily News Library

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Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Island Falls Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"While the quarry was in operation, the pond was kept drained so that the workers could access the granite."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"He hoped to avoid economic ups and downs by operating his own business. Detail oriented and interested in architecture, business, gardening…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… 1866 a man named Joseph Hobson was the leading operator, owning mills on Spring Island on such a scale that he was known as "the lumber king", but…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Maine Historic Preservation Commission

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Gorham Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"The Seawind, operated by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, also supplied the island with goods from the mainland in the mid 1900s."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Hinkley, who operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach business, gardening for Hinkley, the temperance movement and his desire to stop…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… drew an illustration of Joseph Mitchell, operator of the Mutual Store in Bangor in 1865. Martin, in his "Scrap & Sketch Book," which he began in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"In the early years of the Kennebec Proprietors’ operations in the 1740s and 1750s, Samuel Goodwin operated as an agent for the company in their first…"

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

"There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish market operated by Dan McEachern and Nick Stanley. The photography shop of Isaac T."