Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer Dr. Henry ClearwaterHubbard Free Library Henry P."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Maine farms again try to focus on particular crops that not everyone is able to market. Maine blueberries still sell well and the maple syrup is…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… transport the harvested timber to southern markets was by rail. The Central Maine Railroad stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"The looming crises of economic collapse, aftermath of war markets and changing business practice would have their impacts in due time. Next..."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… leaving cotton, rayon with some wool for the home market. Clothing was not rationed as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued…"

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

"Donald A. Thurlow opened the Pine Point Seafood Market and sold fish, lobsters, clams and other seafood."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… a successfully completed and readily useable and marketable product. It is cheaper and more efficient monetarily to build new rather than try to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Roy's Market at Centre and Washington Streets, Bath, 1981Patten Free Library Washington Street has always been trademarked for its cultural…"

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

"Nearby were the Hillcrest Market, Robert Ash’s shoemaker’s shop, the Herrick family’s hotel/boarding house, and Mr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"And market forces in the late 1800s depressed the price of copper. The Civil War shut down southern markets for fish and ice and insurance rates…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Finally, the logs were dried, planed, and shipped to the market. Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871Hubbard Free Library"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all that was over by the time Somes arrived."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… variety of products for both farm use and sale to markets beyond Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"This building has been known as Rite Aid since 2000. The building that was there before was razed to make way for the new store."

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

"These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time. The market for salt fish expanded in 1800, leading more settlers to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… time, the means of getting the finished paper to market. The history of Rumford as a great paper making center began on July 12, 1893, when The…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… climate, boundary disputes, and isolation from markets deepened the frontier experience of settlers in northern Maine ."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… get surplus crops, livestock and produce to other markets. Lowell's General Store Lowell's was in operation for over 80 years.Farmington…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets. In he summer they would have soda in big tubs to keep it cold."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… Sawyer: What do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with that."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… transport live lobsters over longer distances to markets in Boston and New York. In response to a demand for lobster that exceeded the range of…"

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

"Agricultural items got to market by a horse drawn tote wagon. There were few paying jobs and that meant little money available for families to…"

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

"… and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."