Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… Kittridge ChairGreat Harbor Maritime Museum The women worked along with the men in raising crops, tending the animals, preserving the food…"

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

"Ad by Pepperell Mills to recruit women workers, Biddeford, 1943McArthur Public Library In Biddeford, like the rest of urban Maine, the relief of…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"Women of the community were determined that women who were widowed by such events would not be abandoned."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Part 6, pages 97-113 July 4, 1865 activities, women "who bore a bad name," first balloon ascention   Part 8, pages 135-150 Return of soldiers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"There were still sewing circles, where women socialized as they worked, but now fraternal and farmer's groups, such as the Grange, which reached its…"

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

"… quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported them."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"To see some of our work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"… 'mysteries' with island artifacts, play games, work on exhibits, act out historical scenes, and learn from local historians."

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

"Quarrying Quarry men after work, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society Granite quarrying was a successful industry on Swan’s…"

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."

Fryeburg Public Library

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Currently the largest organization of religious women in the English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… program, Biddeford, 1897McArthur Public Library Women were entrepreneurial in their own right, and started social, educational, and charitable…"

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… is the indoor setting of a tintype of two women who are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window."

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their handiwork. The Court House was used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… There is little doubt that to these men and women the mill work they had previously performed for Pepperell and Laconia was seen as a vast…"

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

"Within a few years, Baird’s quarry works were 500 by 250 ft. Blacksmith shops, huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"… was born in Sweden and moved to Swan's Island to work at the quarry. He married Evelyn Lora Martin in 1922 and they lived on the Quarry Road."