Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… potatoes in markets as far away as Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The real problem was getting the crops to market because the roads were…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo, London, and New York before settling in New Jersey. An author, she traveled and lectured extensively on East Asia."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up and shipped to big cities like Boston and New York. Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… to ship goods to other cities like Boston or New York City and return with goods from those who traded with them."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Print. Thoreau, Henry David. The Maine Woods. New York: Bramhall House, 1950. Print. Vickery, James B. Made in Bangor."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… High School, she attended Elmira College in New York. During the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… acts contracted through Boston and New York agencies that included singing and dancing comedians, musical comedies, acrobats, comic opera, trick…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Once in Washington, the 1st Maine performed guard duty in Washington, and received more training. At this time the capitol was in great danger from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Fulton Redman, spent most of the year in New York and summers in Bar Harbor. He was also an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond. Several generations of Dolloffs used the premises primarily as a dairy farm."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… 1881 she and her husband lived in Tuckahoe, New York. Later collections of her verse include Queen Catherine’s Rose which was published in 1885…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Rufus represented New York in the United States Senate; and as a senator, worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… work well, so they took it to an automobile show in New York in the early 1900‘s. Unfortunately, not many people were interested in the product."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Maurice Klein, from New York, rebuilt the building from brick in 1914. Green rented the building and added on to the store in 1923."

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

"… shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted from Freeman as a Sergeant in the Company D 28th Maine Infantry on October 10, 1864 and received a discharge due to a disability."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… interchange with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"… in Chicago and the Theological Seminary in New York. Aside from one flight before him, he was soon to become the pilot of the "Flying Torah" as he…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"He returned to New York in October 1846, and he was ordered to the Naval academy in Annapolis, Maryland."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… who often arrived by train from Boston, New York, Montreal and beyond. Set back on Route 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the Danish Village…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… attention with coverage on CBS news, in the New York Times, People Magazine, Opera News, and the Boston Globe."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford. What came into Hallowell were product such as cloth, wine, sugar loaves…"