Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… from the rows by hand, although there were some workers with hand diggers who could keep up with the early mechanical diggers."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"Layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were forced to rely on the city's Poor Farm for Assistance program."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… the island was granite quarrying--reportedly 150 workers were employed at a mine called the Brown & McAllister Mine which was in operation from…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945Swan's Island Historical Society Eighth grade graduation, Swan's Island, 1954Swan's Island…"

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

"… boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers. Eva Wheaton talks about the boarding houses in her audio."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… as an inventor, a gardener/farmer, and a worker. In a journal he began writing in 1864, Martin described a cart he invented in about 1833 -- and…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"In 1902 the company had 150 workers working with a daily output of fifty thousand shingles and fifteen thousand different types of lumber a day."

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"When they would inhale, it would damage the workers' lungs. Mr. Tenney tested with many types of minerals to create sandpaper."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Wire mills still exist today, but workers use high-tech machines to cut the wire and shrink it to a certain diameter."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"The quarry worker gives scale to the granite slab. Stone and statuary were protected during shipment (by ship, and after 1852, by rail) in crates…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del retired in March 2005. He was a skilled worker and loved his job. He stills likes forestry and has twelve acres of land that he cuts for firewood."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… a break to the potato pickers and other field workers. Worn lags would have to be replaced with new ones."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Many houses along the waterfront boarded shipyard workers. John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861Thomaston Historical Society At the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society The business employed seven or eight islanders full…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… the step-daughter Alex Morrison, of one of the workers at the Iron Works. Martin wrote that the girl's mother was ill and became an invalid and…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Then state-funded workers dug up the graves and reburied the remains in the graveyard at the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded, as of 2022 the…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… producer of shoes for ladies, had employed 450 workers, and made over 2.5 million dollars a year."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… shipbuilding yards along the Kennebec and lots of workers building these ships. They would get giant logs to put in their ships and huge quantities…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Note how the workers appear, casually working and walking atop the I-beam. Higher tides than normal come during new moons, as occurred on a cold…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"1,000 utility and tree service workers worked 20 hour days to fix lines and clean up trees. 2. CMP had to restore power to over 250,000 customers 3."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"1885Hubbard Free Library Two hundred workers were required during peak production in the Cotton Mill in Hallowell, Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"The river is calm and workers are dressed in pants and long sleeved shirts. Hallowell was the location of the great sorting boom for down-river mills."

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

"… an entire city block, employed 100 production workers, and 20 hand-copiers who addressed envelopes off-site. "Oint-Ease," Dr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… in great numbers, employing large numbers of workers and tradesmen. Business was so good the two men were known as two of only seven millionaires…"