Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Each machine made bags of various sizes. The Flat Bag Department made bags for flour, groceries, clothing, confectioneries, and bread in more than 35…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"The wide variety of bags illustrates the strong interest in distinctive marketing efforts that is still evident today."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"She piled all her findings in a simple shopping bag. Russell Douglass X Fifty years later, the bag was given to the Hampden Historical Society…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"Edwena would bring her food in little plastic bags to the potato field that she was working in."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"1 bag of cotton 1 barrel of lemons 6 loves of sugar 1 cash of vinegar 10 bundles 3 barrels 1 gallon of rum 6 pounds of butter 1 barrel of molasses 1…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… are simple (a metal rake, metal bucket and onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking work with hours dependent on tides and light."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Other areas of the country used bags or baskets to do this. A barrel is about 19 inches (48 cm) in diameter across the top and about 30 inches (76…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks Martin wrote from 1864 to about 1898 comment on…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… possible use in a "bucket brigade", and canvas bags to provide for the removal of goods at fires."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"The next morning, Henry left carrying a bag on his shoulder. Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… for another generation of sports by placing bag limits on deer, salmon and trout as well as advocating for catch and release fishing tactics."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Among the carrier bag were sixteen silver dollars. It is said that the body is buried in the cemetery in South Winn, but the grave is unmarked."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… Falls Sulphite Company; the Continental Paper Bag Company; and finally, the Oxford Paper Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Bag Mill bachelor housing, Rumford, 1946Greater Rumford Area Historical Society These years of war presented a big challenge to all American…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… surf the web to find the best airfare, pack a bag and you’re off. Such ease of travel is quite recent."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… administrators who were left holding the bag, apparently unaware of the swindle. In fact, Reverend Jernegan was at that time sailing, under an…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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