Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… out, or new trimmings applied, but sometimes the job was much more extensive as this informative and unusual group of surviving items from the…"

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

"… the war, though, the men returned home to their jobs in the mills and back to regular production. The looming crises of economic collapse…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… their work and their dedication to doing a good job." -Renée DesRoberts, Archivist Back to About Us Mrs."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… was during the Depression and there were not many jobs or recreational things. 1936 Bangor to Caribou Marathon SkiersNew Sweden Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at the turn of the century."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at the turn of the century."

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

"Terrible! Cold in the winter and cold and wet in the summer. Horrible. I can remember my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the…"

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

"The plentiful jobs went to no jobs. Everyone in Stockholm was trying to survive with scarce supplies."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known as Ridlonville."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… $20 a week), and usually needed a secondary job.   The Last Kennebec Logdrive 1976 Log jams were common on the log drive."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"As a second job, some lobstermen operated fishing party boats summer afternoons, taking groups to catch mackerel, pollack, flounder, cod and haddock…"

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

"… for two months in the summer, but year-round jobs were scarce and the town's resident population declined as many young people left to seek their…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… high water that the best plan would be to let a job by the yard to blast away the rock there and put in the piers at the lower end of the dam and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… axes, saws and other tools to begin the hard job of clearing the land. They came back to The Sandy River area two weeks later."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… to talk to me about their pains, their anxieties, jobs, their marriage and personal affairs. In the afternoons I visit the sick and check the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"When he first went to Patten, it was for a job. Then when he came back to built houses and saw mills that is when he stayed in Patten and built the…"

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

"… grade, Swan’s Island’s students either found jobs or went to the mainland for high school. Prior to the ferry service, this meant attending…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"Finally, it is noted that it was his job to settle differences between the town and anyone having a complaint against the town."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The agent’s job is to get information on incoming trains. They have to know where they are, what company they are, where they are going, and what…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Winter in Lubec Winter view of Lubec, from the International Bridge. Photo courtesy of KodaYoda Enterprises, LLC."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… earned her nursing cap she took on a few nursing jobs over a four-year period. Over those four years she decided to enlist in the U.S."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… east; Warren, Spruce, 700 Acre, Minot, Middle, Job, Lime, Lasell, Ensign to the south; Ram and Seal to the west."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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