Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies. Exports were salt and smoked fish, sardines…"

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

"… potato and put it in a coffee can, you know how coffee used to come about that high in the cans? We’d put it on the stove and cook it."…"

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

"Pierce’s Mocha and Java. The big red coffee grinder stood near the entrance.” Dr. Jay Grindle had an office on Main Street and is credited for saving…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And so we would deliver coffee to our neighbors in the morning. And they were very happy to get a hot cup of coffee."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The flour and water cracker was often dunked in coffee or fried with bacon to make it more palatable."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… produced bags used for small groceries, sugar, coffee and tea, flour, charcoal, poultry sacks, nail and shot bags, bananas, and also bottle bags."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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