Maine Memory Network

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

"… our exhibits, especially the islanders at work and play exhibits, we have had to work with scant primary source information."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… the kids and in the evening there often were fire works. Fourth of July lobster bake, Swan's Island ca."

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

"… Quarry Pond formed in the hollow left by years of work at Baird's Quarry, which closed in the Depression era."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"According to Steve, the house was one of the first to be hooked up to electricity because one of its boarders was on the island working on setting up…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Stone Bridge over Vaughan Brook. Vaughan Brook tumbled into the Kennebec on the north side of Sheppard's…"

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

"Audio stories Swan's Islanders at Work and Play CD Our audios story tellers: Marguerite Staples, Marion Stinson, Sonny Sprague, Keving Staples, Eva…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… last Atlantic Postmaster was Debbie Staples, who worked there from 1990 to 1995. Maynard and Ethel's son, Donald 'Donnie' Staples, once kept…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"He worked on the island as a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may…"

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

"Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from one part of the island to another."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Quarry work followed fishing as the second largest form of employment and source of traffic in island harbors."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… Protestant families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber, and the fishing business began to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… residents as people left for the mainland to seek work. Swan’s Island adapted to the economic and social presence of seasonal residents."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Occasionally, brick or stone-walled ice houses were built into a bank of earth with an entrance facing the north."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-21

"… Ernst Sjostodt Stanfords Ball, Bangor Jesse Stone Katahdin Iron Works history Owen H. Williams Morgan Bristland Hollis Bowman D."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… summer experience, including walking on the stone beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Easternmost Point Stone X No longer true in this automated era with tens of thousands finding way to Western Quoddy Head annually, they…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… hours and at eighteen you could do more dangerous work (such as working in mills) if you chose to. Today the U.S."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"The Hallowell Iron works was located on the South End of Water Street. It is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Usually, older children would work in the factories in the morning and attend secondary school for a small part of the day."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"Stone from the island was used in buildings all over the country. Most notable were the Congressional Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… a 7th Grade Perspective Hall-Dale students at work X Beginning in 2010 Hall-Dall Middle School 7th grade students joined community members to…"

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep Resources

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Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T."