Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"Sears and Roebuck Company Building Text by Logan and Tyler, students at Presque Isle Middle School Images from X Sears and Roebuck Company is…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… area, allowing the town to grow and have bigger companies come here. This has raised money and profits in the town with more people moving in, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"In the bottom right of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn, president of the Linn Tractor Company, Morris, N.Y. The photo was taken at Presque Isle's airport in 1935. Linn was a native of Washburn."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard company, the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast, Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"They used wires from different wire mills to connect wires to houses and bring electricity. The electricity had a major impact in daily life in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… competing companies (including the Pejepscot Company), and squatters created a dynamic landscape with much at stake as the company laid claim to a…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"The Boston Flint Company Michaela Graves, Halley Lane, Danna Petersen & Natalie St. Hilaire Hallowell had a sandpaper mill which was built in 1880…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"In 1964, a night shift was added from 5pm to 10pm. Later that year, new machinery was installed to make better shoes."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"It was a mile and a half walk that she made each Sunday, weather permitting. Sabbath day activities started with Sunday school, followed by 10:00 a.m."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, reprint 2003 Remembering Franklin County, Luann Yetter, The History Press, 2009…"

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

"1895Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner The Kennebec provided more that just a mode of transportation to the men working for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"… topics in Maine history; Maine History Online, a comprehensive survey of Maine history organized by time period and theme; lesson plans; a gallery…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"The 8th graders also worked on a digital map. The project topics chosen were: Our Conclusions As we looked at the lists of the hundreds of men who…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"That was a lot of money when most people earned a $1 an hour at work. Bear hunting was really popular, and sometimes each town would shoot close to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"All the citizens were involved, and the project was a tremendous success. The town achieved its four-year goal, with the dedication of the new…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Taylor, and within a few years they were divorced. She took a job on the Portland Transcript in 1855, and the next year published her first book of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… commissioners learned immediately that building a standard gauge railroad would be too costly, so they used a “narrow gauge” system for smaller…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week. The teacher usually boarded with a family in the area. Dyer School Building, cr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Public BeachStrong Historical Society A public beach, however, was not available until the mid-1950s."

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

"He enlisted from Freeman in Company A, 7th Maine Infantry, on January 23, 1864. He transferred to the 1st Veteran Maine Regiment in August, and was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"He served in Company L of the First Cavalry. Edmund was wounded on August 20, 1862. He was then captured on June 24,1864, at St."