Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Of course, we didn’t know it but they (the owners) knew by their books that things were going to happen. It just started to go right down hill."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… living in rows of company houses built by factory owners. Men gathered the herring from weirs, transported them to the factories, cooked the…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"It worked this way: Owners of existing canneries in Lubec and Eastport, and elsewhere, would be given shares in the syndicate and cash for granting…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"It was no different for the owners who were generally their own managers. They too, as John McCurdy, learned from family members how to manage the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… in managing the “cure,” the ultimate job of the owner/manager. Finally, there was judging when the herring were ready for skinning and packing."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"1910 with owner and workers posed is one example. Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Evelyn was daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow (son of infamous Temperance advocate, Neal Dow), but starting with Guy Gannett’s…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"By 1793 Knox was the sole owner of the Waldo Patent. General Knox took an active interest in his newly acquired land, and set about putting his…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"Provenance may stem from the original owner, a family member or descendant, written documentation, maker labels, place of origin; or be established…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… in the 1840s as they are today, and their owners sought to capture their images by the newly discovered means of photography."

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

"… and the city's residents included business owners, doctors, lawyers, judges, druggists, opticians, superintendents, artisans and crafters of all…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Telephone communication In 1896 two store owners, H.W. Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… of the Women's Suffrage Movement, the right for women to vote was finally ratified for women everywhere in the U.S."

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

"It was a long day for a store owner who kept the doors open all day and then would keep the finances and plan to restock the shelves after hours."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… a destination of choice for businesses and home owners, attracting all age groups. As Baron Wormser observed: In its modest way (because just…"

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

"… though little is known of their original owners. There are also numerous shell middens: areas where heaps of shells were piled with other refuse…"

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

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"Store owners on the island did not always expect to make a handsome profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Another difference is, the former owner of Osgood’s is not the current owner of Marden’s. Mr.Osgood has passed away."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… through a lot of different changes, names, and owners over the years. The different names were Lincoln Clothing Co., Grindell’s Store, Solomon’s…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice. The King home, built across from the marsh, was originally…"

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

"When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Brackley, a local business owner, donated a parcel of land on Upper Main Street, which was more than adequate for a school."