Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… bears had arrived in two vehicles, one a sort of pick-up truck with a cage attached on the body and the other a small "two-bear trailer" pulled…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Others picked the potatoes from the ground and put them in barrels. The hand digger on the right, demonstrated by Mr."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Wilson. 27 Apr. 2011. Pick, Jimmy T. Wesco’s logger boots. 7 Apr. 2010. http://the1939clothier.blogspot.com. 9 Apr."

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

"… the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. Then it was a lumber mill."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… Well, they’re not adorable when you’ve got to pick them up and put them in the box because they’re all skin and bones."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Shipbuilding activity picked up on the river, and wharves were built for the transfer of goods to the trading vessels."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Turnouts, where trolleys could stop and pick up or discharge passengers, were located at Sweetsers, just south of the Nonesuch River; Oak Hill…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… applied a good right hook to a young tough from picking on smaller kids on the playground. He knocked the boy out."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… Funeral Director to meet the train in Rumford to pick up his body. Arrangements were made for John to be buried in the family plot in the Roxbury…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And we had to have picked up some kerosene, so we did have some kerosene that you had to pour into it."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Mr. Gordon closed his briefcase on the ground, picked it up and left. The father and son watched Mr. Gordon walk out behind the barn to his car."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The workers used splitting forks and pick poles to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The workers used splitting forks and pick poles to line up the blocks that were lifted by the steam hoist."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… a ways to go.Then the river narrowed and the wind picked up. Most of the men were ready to give up, and many of them were deserting."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… including a trip by Nona and Joan in her truck to pick up a load of free books from the Maine State Library in Augusta."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… to go with the tide of the river and they had pick polls and peaveys to help push themselves across."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… getting waited on, the employees would help them pick out the material they were buying. Also, many people knew the employees, so it made it easier…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"It was then unowned until Maine Central picked up the lease. They later sold it to Guilford Transportation, who still owns it to this day."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… War who were drafted, which means that they were picked in a draft by the government, like a reserve to serve in the military."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"“Thank you,” I said. I walk back to shoes and pick out the shiniest, black shoes I can find. They fit perfectly! I find one skirt and one shirt that…"

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

"… and at the end of the day the meat would be picked up. One could work at home rather than going to cutting rooms at various locations."

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"She would then compile a list for the doctor to pick up at central office prior to making his rounds."