Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Every time they got a new shipping material(another item) the captain would write it all down in his captains log which contains the item, how much…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… by clicking on the picture then using the zoom tool. These photographs were taken with an early black-and-white instant Polaroid camera."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… blowing nonstop till it ran out of steam and died away. Many of the workers just walked away from the hill, leaving tools and equipment behind."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… and business interests of the time, farming, ship-building, lumbering and shore fishing. And in Surry, as I remember it in those days, there was…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

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

"… that generated the steam power for the quarry tools. The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the…"

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

"… drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels."

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

"Web. <http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=97965&an=1>. Small, H. W. A History of Swan's Island, Maine . 2001 ed."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Swan's Island artifact Partially chipped tool found on Swan's Island. X Artifacts such as arrowheads and stone tools have been unearthed over…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Logging tools were very expensive, so people chose to make their own tools out of wood and metal. Wood wasnʼt expensive at all, for it was natural…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"They would get giant logs to put in their ships and huge quantities of cloth for the masts and sails."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Then came the Shelter Institute and Woodbutcher tools from 1991-1999 and the Bath Amusement Center from 1967-1971, and many people lived there as…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Using the Exhibit Builder tool provided on the Maine Memory Network, students pieced together paragraph after paragraph, bringing in the images they…"

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

"Click to view Salt Marsh Tools Salt hay continued to be important to the people of Scarborough well into the 1800s, as it became a source of income…"

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

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Work was plentiful for ship caulkers, whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"As time went on, the machines and tools were upgraded and the company expanded for about 10 years, then it burned down."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"It is the deadliest whaling weapon that had ever been used. Whaling History These are methods and tools used to whale."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Friendship Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Also, steamboats were used for shipping food, lumber and clothes that were not on the railroad out of Lincoln to the rest of the towns and cities on…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… of their trade or profession holding related tools or objects. In mid nineteenth century Maine music was popularized through the efforts of…"

Wilson Museum

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