Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was a hardware store on the first floor and the First National Bank on the second floor. John Scales & Sons became the firm name on January 20…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… next 5 pages: 1) Odd Fellows Hall, Bank Square 2) Scales Building, Guilford Fire Station 3) Guilford High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"SCALES BLOCK AND BANK SQUARE Scales Buildings, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society This photograph shows the beginning of the Scales…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… utilizing forest products on a large scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Guilford Hospital was formally opened. N. N. Scales purchased H. Douglass and Co. and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The logs were scaled to a specific length on the way or upon arrival to the saw mill. Then the logs were de-barked."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… The Unmasked Nabob of Hancock County or The Scales Dropt from the Eyes of the People. The tract, which was eventually attributed to Samuel Ely…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… also moved from Warren and established a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street."

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"… with the creation of a model which was then "scaled-up" to the dimensions of the actual size so the stone carvers could begin their work."

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"Soon, it went from a small-scale business to a major industry. The Johnson Shoe Factory was doing quite well when, unfortunately, Wil Johnson died in…"

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

"The quarry worker gives scale to the granite slab. Stone and statuary were protected during shipment (by ship, and after 1852, by rail) in crates…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The modernization project is a large-scale construction project that is renovating and adding to the hospital."

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… between portrait photography and the larger scale, and more costly tradition of portrait painting. Samuel L."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… entirely from memory and not made by any given scale of feet." Martin achieved respectability in that he apparently was viewed as honest…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… perspective, met the immediate needs of a small-scale repository, such as MHS during the 19th and early 20th centuries."

Oakfield Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"X The demise of these large scale manufacturers meant that for quite some time things appeared bleak for the Biddeford area."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken. Ditches were dug to drain wet, mosquito-breeding areas; pannes were filled; and tide…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"… a draft contract which gives an idea of the pay scale of those days, each laborer was to be paid $1.75 per day for a nine-hour day; a double team…"

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

"People were out of work or on a wage scale that precluded any extra pleasure trips, and fewer people were riding the trolley to Portland for shopping."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… much business activity with everything on a large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Boys practiced marksmanship with scaled-down bows and arrows. The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… like an old fashioned “cob house” on an improved scale. The interior is filled with heavy stones and gravel."