Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces. They didn’t use oil, so basically everything was run off of coal or…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… their clothes in the basement next to the wood stove. This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

Surry Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… could get it later for it to be burned in a wood stove. They had to erase all of the chalkboards and pick up the classroom after school."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"It was heated by oil and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and has 14 acres surrounding it."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"Harlow Wood & Bishop, stove & iron dealers Luther Cary Dora Spencer Joseph H. Garmon B.N. Thomas Heminway & Hersey Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… with his father, working at Eastes and Whittiers Stove Store, and his move to Bangor to work for Rufus Prince, Soap & Tallow Chandler."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Until the advent of Franklin Stoves and other enclosed heating systems the average home burned 20 to 30 cords of wood per year--with a resulting high…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… just in the rear of the tents, on rusty cook-stoves set up on a few boards. -Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 8/23/1884 Life behind Wabanaki…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… started on the first floor due to an old wood stove. Next, the fire spread to the upper floors. The only thing left was bad smoke and heat damage."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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

"Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder &…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be held in."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… of unsupervised candles, lanterns, wood or oil stoves, or cigarettes from human hands. Rumford experienced numerous expensive fires."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Heating in schools was provided by a potbelly stove in the back of the classroom. The children closest to the heater were uncomfortably warm and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I had- we had a kerosene stove from camping. So we had lots of camping equipment. So we did get our cooler out and we did get our stove out."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… but also made commercial products such as stoves. The boot industry was also well established at this time."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… a big black kettle and boiled on their Franklin stove. After cooking to the consistency of molasses, it was strained to skim off all remaining bark…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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